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'''The Little Girl''' is a country song written by Harley Allen and sung by John Michael Montgomery.  Released in 2000 it would be Montgomery's seventh (and, to date, final) #1 song.

'''The Little Girl''' is a country song written by Harley Allen and sung by John Michael Montgomery.  Released in 2000 it would be Montgomery's seventh (and, to date, final) #1 song.

The song's origin comes from an unusual source: Allen had received a piece of "internet glurge" in an e-mail<ref>Internet glurge is a tale which makes rounds in e-mails and other social media postings, the validity of which can neither be proven nor disproven.</ref>, which he turned in a matter of minutes into the song.

The song's origin comes from an unusual source: Allen had received a piece of "internet glurge" in an e-mail<ref>Internet glurge is a form of [[urban myth]] which makes rounds in e-mails and other social media postings, the validity of which can neither be proven nor disproven.</ref>, which he turned in a matter of minutes into the song.

The song itself tells of a young girl, born into a dysfunctional family (father was an alcoholic, mother a drug addict, the two often fought with the girl hiding behind the couch, and importantly to the tale the parents were neither loving nor religious).  The fighting ultimately escalated into a murder-suicide (father killed mother, then himself, all while she watched from behind the couch), causing the girl to be taken into the foster care system.

The song itself tells of a young girl, born into a dysfunctional family (father was an alcoholic, mother a drug addict, the two often fought with the girl hiding behind the couch, and importantly to the tale the parents were neither loving nor religious).  The fighting ultimately escalated into a murder-suicide (father killed mother, then himself, all while she watched from behind the couch), causing the girl to be taken into the foster care system.