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n. - A short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).

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  • One of my favorites is this ditty from a flight attendant:
  • Apparently, a little ditty from the second act called "Be Kind to Your Parents" was a break-out popular hit in 1954.
  • While a ditty is the tribute to the joy that gives it birth,
  • Catharine O'Hara) and a bouncy ditty from the animated Triplets of
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