Little folk make up a song about me (6)
I believe the answer is:
gnomes
'little folk make up a song about me' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'up a song about me' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'song' written backwards gives 'gnos'.
'gnos' placed around 'me' is 'GNOMES'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gnomes that I've seen before include "Legendary dwarfs" , "Zurich goblins" , "Legendary little men, in the garden perhaps" , "Garden dwarfs from Zurich?" , "Ornamental garden figures" .)