ditty
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Let's start with Dolly Parton's own personal favourite, her 1971 acoustic country-folk ditty, Coat of Many Colors, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
One of Russia’s most popular singers, Filipp Kirkorov, sang a ditty about A7’s defiance of European sanctions in one promotional video.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
A ditty anchoring one of Explosive Media’s most popular videos, “L.O.S.E.R.,” tops a Spotify playlist that it created.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
It has even inspired an options market ditty: When the VIX is high, it’s time to buy; when it’s low, it’s time to go.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
I think his shortcoming increased his appreciation; he loved it all indiscriminately—Beethoven, the latest love ditty, jazz, a hymn—it was all profoundly musical to Phineas.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Hopkins kept playing, and even wrote little ditties on staff paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The second season of Nida Manzoor’s comedic masterpiece about an all-female Muslim punk band is a ride of emotional highlights and jaunty fast-n-loud ditties.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2024
West Seattle’s foremost purveyor of alt-country noir is back with another scintillating set of spaghetti western ditties marked by Amaker’s unmistakable baritone, which is equal parts folksy and sinister.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Blake combined extremes: rambling incantations about European history alongside short ditties on the soul that any child can enjoy.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
There were many more folk ditties, some mean, others filthy, all of them cruel.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
The Cardinals' Dizzy Dean promptly dittied: "Paul and Me and Parmelee," bragged that the three of them would win 60 games.
From Time Magazine Archive
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