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26 Jan 01 - 03:48 AM (#382867) Subject: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: GUEST,Nucreechr@aol.com My mom used to sing a song about a little girl who died in a tragic fall into an old well. Finally found mp3 file of song, but was wondering on background of this song? Anyone know more details about the little girl and who wrote this song? This happened in 1949. Also was wondering why this song doesn't turn up on searches of databases for folk songs. |
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26 Jan 01 - 04:41 AM (#382873) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: Joe Offer Well, we've had lyrics and a little information about the song and the story - click here. -Joe Offer (e-mail sent)- |
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26 Jan 01 - 11:59 AM (#383110) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: Bill D there was even a movie made based on the event....It was a big story then..I was in about 4th grade and remember it well.. |
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26 Jan 01 - 12:08 PM (#383117) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: Mrrzy And I thought y'all had found a missing Gashlycrumb tiny... |
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27 Jan 01 - 10:02 AM (#383606) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: John Hindsill The attempted rescue of Kathy Fiscus in San Marino, CA (Los Angeles area) was the biggest local story of my childhood. That tragic event put fledgling, local television on the map. Channel 5 (and perhaps ch.11) covered the events continuously, preempting all programming. The young reporter, Stan Chambers, spent his entire 50+ year career at channel 5, but always has been remembered best for those days and nights.
"The Well" is a 1951 movie inspired by that tragedy, but uses it as a polemic against racial intolerance, something not a part of the true story. Another flick "Ace in the Hole" ("The Big Carnival") came out about the same time, although not based on Kathy Fiscus but an earlier tragedy. That film focused on the hucksterism attendant with the rescue attempt.
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28 Feb 09 - 05:50 PM (#2578123) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: GUEST,Kathy Smith I was born in Nov. 1949, the song was by that time on all the radio stations. We lived in Texas at my birth, and my sister wanted to name me Cathy after the little girl. My mother named me Kathleen, and called me Kathy. The year that the little girl, Jessica, fell into the well my daughter gave birth to a girl and named her Jessica. All the grandkids knows the stories behind the names, they were rasied on it as were my kids. |
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28 Feb 09 - 07:29 PM (#2578173) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: Sandy Mc Lean The song was by Jimmy Osborne . Song Here |
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01 Mar 09 - 02:53 PM (#2578689) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: Louie Roy I've got this song by Jimmie Osborne in my collection and can MP3 it to any one who want it Louie |
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01 Mar 09 - 04:53 PM (#2578759) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: GUEST "And I thought y'all had found a missing Gashlycrumb tiny" How about an English translation for that??? |
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02 Mar 09 - 12:02 AM (#2578999) Subject: RE: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: M.Ted The Gashleycrumb Tinies |
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01 Feb 10 - 08:56 AM (#2827187) Subject: RE: Origin: Death of Little Kathy Fiscus (Osborne) From: GUEST I am only 14 years old and my grandmother who passed away January 29 of this year use to sing this all the time i have not heard the original song but i loved it when she would sing. my Aunt would tell me that my grandmother stayed up for 3 days and nights to listen to this story on the radio and felt so bad for the family that she couldnt even sleep. |
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01 Feb 10 - 04:00 PM (#2827508) Subject: RE: Origin: Death of Little Kathy Fiscus (Osborne) From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego Talk about deja vu. I was nine years old and still remember the old black and white live television pictures from a Los Angeles station covering this attempted rescue. Seeing the coverage, I think many children pictured vividly, as I certainly did, what it must have been like for the little girl trapped and unable to move in that narrow well. I still have a bit of claustrophobia in tight places. I would not be surprised if Cathy Fiscus' plight was behind it. In those days, it was not uncommon to find uncapped water wells in open suburban or rural areas. This incident caused a public outcry to fix that problem. I never heard a song associated with this case, but have seen many references to one. |
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14 Jan 11 - 03:57 PM (#3074674) Subject: RE: Origin: Death of Little Kathy Fiscus (Osborne) From: GUEST,M.Dougall I remember my parents playing the song from one of their records. I recently inherited their album collection, and one record called "40 Country Hits of the 40's" the song Death of Little Kathy Fiscus by Jimmy Osborne is on it. It is a really sad song. Would be nice to see a picture of the little girl the song is about. |
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14 Jan 11 - 04:48 PM (#3074700) Subject: RE: Origin: Death of Little Kathy Fiscus (Osborne) From: GUEST,Gene Try this link for pix of Kathy & Jimmie Osborne & other details. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW6IeRoI114 G |
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08 Apr 24 - 10:46 PM (#4200658) Subject: RE: Origin: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: GUEST |
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09 Apr 24 - 06:06 AM (#4200668) Subject: RE: Origin: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: GeoffLawes There are various bits of information and links about THE DEATH OF LITTLE KATHY FISCUS on the current Mudcat thread ANY APRIL SONGS? |
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09 Apr 24 - 10:33 AM (#4200679) Subject: RE: Origin: Little CATHY FISCUS - died in well From: GeoffLawes Link to Mudcat Thread Any April Songs? /mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=169449&messages=145#:~:text=Friendly%20%2D%20Home-,Any%20April%20Songs%3F,-Related%20thre |