Ditties

The Greeke Poets who made musicall ditties to be song to the lute or harpe, did vse to linke their staues together with one verse running throughout the whole song by equall distance, and was, for the most part, the first verse of the staffe, which kept so good sence and conformitie with the whole, as his often repetition did geue it greater grace. ❋ George Puttenham (N/A)

Bishop, the "Prayer-meeting Bands" were still in full force, and the "ditties" were not very unpopular with the minority who did ❋ Unknown (1919)

Coronata_, I am not aware that any of Munday's ballads are extant -- unless indeed the "ditties" in _The Banquet of daintie Conceits_ may be regarded as such; but there is no doubt that they were numerous, and hence, in the present passage, he is termed the "immediate heyre" of ❋ William Kemp (1833)

In 1635 John Cotton, one of the principal ministers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, declared that the new land should forbid “[l]ascivious dancing to wanton ditties, and amorous gestures and wanton dalliances . . . [which] I would bear witness against as a great flabella Libidinis [fanning of sexual desire].” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

"The Wild Hunt" is a modern relic, complete with earthy mellow ditties like the title track, and more infectious and upbeat numbers like "King of Spain." ❋ Marc Ruxin (2011)

The local group plays songs that don't command attention but rather earn it, quick and quirky ditties that are also plenty catchy. ❋ David Malitz (2010)

So one can wish everyone well and celebrate expanding rights for all Americans and yet still point out that these plays are by and large quick ditties that soon fade from memory and that the production is a glorified reading, with actors lined up on stage at podiums and more often than not glancing at the scripts in front of them. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

The OSS even had begun to accumulate its own ditties and songs. ❋ Douglas Waller (2011)

Instead, expect to hear sunny ditties such as "I Really Need Love" on ads for zippy new hatchbacks or mobile phone call plans very soon. ❋ Gareth Grundy (2010)

I used to make up little ditties when I went for walks on the cliff tops in Ireland. ❋ Patrick Cockburn (2011)

Her songs aren't mere pop ditties to enjoy on the bus, they're songs to get you thinking, to make you question your core values and re-think the way you live your life. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Just five months later, the band's bubblegum soul scored again with puppy-love ditties The Love You Save and ABC. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Nursery rhymes tend to be relegated to the realm of the very young, remembered by adults as cute little bedtime ditties. ❋ Monica Edinger (2011)

Alight with enthusiasm, Professor Kaplan's conversation ranges from the ribald ditties sung by bakers kneading the dough in 18th-century France to recent moves for millers to supply flour in smaller and easier-to-lift sackfuls so as to encourage female recruits to the profession. ❋ Lennox Morrison (2011)

It was them who killed Ibrahim Qattush – the amateur musician who became an overnight sensation and the revolution's youthful voice, when he composed some of its rousing chants and ditties. ❋ Unknown (2011)

haha did you see [derek's] ditties? theyre so [uneven] [lololol] ❋ DittiesStan (2020)

im [ganna] [dake] ur ditties, and [mash] dem shits togedder rite? ❋ Your Mothers Ditties (2005)

[Ditty] is slang for guy [firends] that you fool around with. Lets hook up with some ditties tonight. Damn, did you see those [hot-ass] ditties at the mall? Yeah...I woulda hooked up with at least three of them, but I don't want to go to jail, so I fucked one of their dads instead. ❋ Eliza Hitch (2008)

Do the ditty if you want to Because then I can see if [I want you] [Just do] the ditty-ditty if you want to Because then I can see if I want you - [Paperboy] ❋ Carl_vs_kansas (2006)

I hate parading my serenading, As I'll probably miss [a bar], But if this ditty is not [so pretty], At least it'll tell you How great you are. --Cole [Porter], "You're the Top" ❋ Berliita (2007)

That [boy] is [ditty] ❋ Urbandictionaryunknown (2019)

[Hi] [Ditty], you look [so pretty] tonight! You are such a [ditty]! ❋ Cyrus P.F. The Great (2009)

"Hit a ditty ['bout] 'W' [Big G]." "I can't get that new [McDonald's] ditty outta my head." ❋ BigG (2005)

"[oh yeah] keep giving me that ditty while [blowing me], it is quite [excellent]" ❋ The St3 (2005)

A large women covered in her [bodily fluids] - [EWWWW] [DITTY] AS FUCK. ❋ Pfffffffffftttttt (2010)