| 单词 | ditty |
| 例句 | As they entered the room, Matthias skipped about and sang his ditty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Homer climbed in the wagon whistling one of Jasper’s more monotonous ditties. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There were many more folk ditties, some mean, others filthy, all of them cruel. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters hugged and kissed me and sang me ditties of praise. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And he puckered his lips and began to whistle a happy little ditty, right there in the store. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I hummed ditties and murmured to myself and pretended to weep. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Through the wall the piano player bit into an upbeat ditty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z 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. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just a few bars, if you please, professor, of that sentimental little ditty entitled “Those Wedding Bells Are Breaking up That Old Gang of Mine.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z So to cheer myself I would often make up ditties. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Most Honest Way To Start A Performance: Justin Timberlake took over the stage by announcing, “This is a song about alcohol” and launching into a whiskey-fueled ditty with his Tennessee Kids backing band. Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake Win Big: The Best Moments of the American Music Awards 2013-11-25T06:03:51Z While is far from a pop punk album, it’s an effect that works well in the genre, offering a depth of sound that takes Sugar’s songs from ditties to powerful and memorable anthems. Sugar's Copper Blue Reissued: 20th Anniversary of Bob Mould's Groundbreaking Album 2012-07-24T14:00:09Z Their sole hit was the prophetically titled "Let Me Take Your Photo," and it seems a long way from that bouncy ditty to the dioramas of despair that haunt this film. 'Gregory Crewdson': Zooming in on photographer's 'dramas' 2012-11-21T22:34:09Z “It’s not a drinking song in the way its reputation would lead people to believe, in the sense of a pub ditty,” Dr. Clague said. ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Has Changed a Lot in 200 Years 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Luckily, “Leave Your Sleep” is not the kind of perky singalong, lullaby collection or instructional ditties that are generally classified as a children’s album. From Natalie Merchant, a Literary Tour 2010-04-16T19:06:00Z Instead, David Hyde Pierce, also a Tony nominee, sang “A Penny in My Pocket,” a solo ditty that was cut from the original Broadway production. The Best (and Worst) of the 2017 Tony Awards 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Echoing its concert just a few months ago at Allstate Arena, the quartet clings to an array of radio smashes and easily digested sing-a-long ditties. Lollapalooza Day 2: Chief Keef, Frank Ocean, Chili Peppers and an evacuation 2012-08-05T07:02:00Z My own irony meter was damaged, perhaps permanently, by my prolonged contemplation of a Grunt Style graphic T-shirt that appropriates an anti-imperialist ditty from “Team America: World Police.” From Grunt Style to “Warcore,” Civilians Are Embracing Military Fashion 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Whatever, we can't imagine many parents wanting their kids to chant along to a fun-time ditty about finding fellas for frolics. New band of the day ? No 794: Myles Cooper 2010-05-25T16:23:00Z A new show "with a couple of wing chairs and a rug" is still at the planning stage, says Laurie: "M'colleague will recount amusing stories, and I will sit at the piano and play ditties." TV executives stifling new comedy, says veteran producer 2013-06-25T13:38:37Z It's a catchier spot than you might think – certainly, tonight their track Mid Century Modern Nightmare is revealed as possibly the most nagging ditty ever to contemplate an independent island state on Sardinia. Neon Neon – review 2013-06-08T23:06:01Z A Civil War segment looks southward with the instrumental ditty “Dixie’s Land” and the song “Maryland, My Maryland.” Complex Pleasures Rooted in Love, Delight and Song 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z There’s “Stinks in Here,” a suicide tango sung by Dolores with her head in the oven, and “Tinkle Tinkle,” a ribald ditty about finding a diamond while squatting on a snow drift. | 'Dollface': Stop Me if You?ve Heard This One ...Oh, You Have? 2010-12-28T22:31:59Z I viewed it as one of Tom's more whimsical ditties, useful for breaking up the hard-driving energy of TRB's live set. How we made: Tom Robinson and Nick Mobbs on Glad to Be Gay 2013-07-01T17:24:15Z The western ditty “Don’t Fence Me In” segued into “Ghost Riders in the Sky,” with Viva DeConcini playing a shimmering guitar solo that eventually soared with noise, like jets piercing clouds. Review | The fabulous Taylor Mac gives D.C. a sample of his reinvented Americana 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The Bengsons use synthesizers and keyboards to layer sounds and rhythms that keep repeating, which extend to an epilogue that’s as infectious as a kindergarten ditty, a list song about things that grow. ‘The Keep Going Song’ Review: The Music of Faith Under Quarantine 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Various additional ditties from the grand Berlin songbook -- "Blue Skies," "Let Yourself Go," "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" -- were added for extra spice. 'White Christmas' has plenty of snow, not enough emotion 2010-12-17T06:00:00Z “Sing 2,” a grasping sequel by the returning director, Garth Jennings, opens with the troupe attempting to impress a talent scout with the kind of ramshackle ditty that won over fans in the original. ‘Sing 2’ Review: Taking the Show on the Road 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The show features serviceable comic ditties, larky tunes that only want to get a rise. 'Murder for Two' offers exhaustingly manic music, comedy 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z “And this ditty, after me, Sing, and dance it trippingly.” Shakespeare: huge dance fan. Check out these Bard-themed dances on DVD Mr. Cooper’s studio recordings are spooky enigmas glimmering with electronics; his piano pieces were just rudimentary, repetitive ditties. Music Review: Guitar Rock, Stretched on the Canvas of a Big Stage 2011-04-07T21:56:34Z In his little ditty about “Homer and Marge,” Yankovic sang that the Simpsons “will go on, long after the human race is gone.” 'Simpsons' invade the Hollywood Bowl 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z But the strapping Scot gets to sharpen a scythe and sing a ditty called My Pretty Irish Girl in this regrettable leprechaun-themed romcom, which presents a rose-tinted and red-cheeked vision of life in rural Ireland. James Bond and the Leprechauns: the weird world of Disney+ 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Later, in an almost unbelievable moment, Doug Wamble, a white guitarist, drawled a taunting ditty called “I Wants My Ice Cream.” Wynton Marsalis Provokes Again With Head-Scratching ‘Ever Fonky Lowdown’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z There's a scene in Friday Night Dinner when Adam, a jingle writer by trade, gathers the family around a radio to hear his ditty for a car-insurance company. Simon Bird spreads his wings 2011-02-20T00:05:18Z Do you have names for those little ditties that usually end up with “Charge!” At Nationals Park in Washington, Van Hoose hits all the right notes 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Gliding on peaceful ocean vistas and plaintive indie ballads, whimsical conversations and tinkling French ditties, “Etienne!” encourages us to brake for sunsets and smell the daisies. | 'Etienne!': Rodent Road Trip and Human Bonds 2010-09-02T21:40:00Z In “The Happy Prince,” death is never far away, no matter how numerous Wilde’s “purple moments” in the sheets or drunken ditties in the cafe. Review: In His Last Years, Oscar Wilde Is Far From ‘The Happy Prince’ 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z When opera singers deign to sing what, to them, are clearly trivial ditties, they often end up sounding silly and pretentious. Ren?e Fleming, Opera Star, Tries a Rock Album. 2010-05-31T21:58:00Z At one point, he grabs an old microphone and delivers a fine rendition of the movie’s ditty, “My Rifle, My Pony and Me.” A Critic’s Life in ‘The Exercise Was Beneficial, Sir’ 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z No. A shamelessly, awesomely wacko version of a gloriously profane ditty? Grammy's 10 greatest moments 2011-02-14T14:01:00Z “On the Line” showcases some of her best and most personal writing, chronicling addiction, heartbreak and loss through sprawling ballads and cynical pop ditties. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z "Girl on medication, oh girl of my dream," he sings on Girls on Medication, a fun, finger-snapping ditty about a depressive, pill-popping prom queen. New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z Crane playing a hypnotic little ditty on the flute? 'Sleepy Hollow' recap: A hex on her house 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z This little ditty, told from the husband's perspective, has been doing the rounds online, and has been linked to Ayres on various forums. 50 Shades of Pam Ayres pastiche. Join the BDSM fun 2013-03-28T11:57:35Z He also has help from his friends, notably Black Thought of the Roots, who raps a verse on the title track, and Meghan Trainor, who guests on a sunny ditty called “Someday.” Pop and Jazz Fall Preview: 105 Albums, Shows and Festivals 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The ditty that played in my head as I walked through “Love Songs” is the one that begins, “You don’t know what love is … until you’ve loved a love you had to lose.” Love and Loss Through the Photographer’s Lens 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Instead they tried again and came up with what Mr. Schultz calls “a layered stomp thing” that he compared to Queen’s “We Will Rock You” — not exactly a folk ditty. The Lumineers’ Strange Road to the Top 10 2013-02-06T13:01:48Z Orff’s music is direct and accessible, with scant counterpoint and unadventurous harmony, relying instead on pummeling energy, rhythmic intricacy and melodic writing that variously evokes elegy, chant and children’s ditties. Music Review: From Chicago, a ‘Carmina’ Opens Carnegie’s Season 2012-10-04T12:42:45Z Zac Brown Band had a surprisingly nifty answer with “Chicken Fried,” a casually patriotic country ditty that felt more casual and patriotic than usual. For the troops on Veterans Day, rough-edged reverence on the Mall MOODY: Swift was robbed by not getting a nomination in the general album category; she's probably already written a searing acoustic-guitar ditty about the snub for the new album. Will Adele be the belle of the Grammy ball? 2012-02-10T03:01:04Z Massey does, however, make the most of her mermaid's lament, a witty ditty about the sexual drawbacks of having a tail. Moby Dick 2010-04-26T20:30:00Z They constantly play the Cars’ 1984 ditty “You Might Think,” inspired by Robert’s experience of having a former upstairs landlord play Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life” ad nauseam. In TV’s ‘BrainDead,’ bugs eat the brains of D.C. politicians. (It’s a metaphor.) 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Even so, a whole evening of these ditties begins to wear thin. Music Review: Marilyn Maye at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-11-08T23:59:31Z “Satellites Are Spinning” is a bizarre, insistent little ditty built on an unstable augmented chord, with dissonant horn swells and an accompaniment that feels disjointed from Tyson’s vocal melody. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Decades later, in 2007, Mr. Cannon, a Massachusetts native, wanted to rework the song into a rally ditty for his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox. Chuck Barris, Eclectic Entertainer of ‘Gong Show’ Fame, Dies at 87 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Thomson’s score surrounds this surreal pageant with music out of Anytown, U.S.A.: a quilt of ditties, hymns and state fair brass fanfares that feels as if it had emerged from deep in the American imagination. Opera Review: ‘The Mother of Us All,’ at Manhattan School of Music 2013-12-12T23:24:21Z “I passed the time each day making up these little ditties.” John Prine, Who Chronicled the Human Condition in Song, Dies at 73 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z No snappy opening ditty for this concert; instead, Wilco played the two extended songs that end and start “The Whole Love,” its new album. Music Review: Wilco at Central Park SummerStage - Review 2011-09-25T22:40:39Z A standard song for the Highwaymen in recent years was a tongue-in-cheek ditty written by Mr. Fisher and his writing collaborator, A. B. Clyde. Dave Fisher of the Highwaymen Dies at 69 2010-05-13T02:43:00Z Easy to recall and built around an uplifting message of heroic toil and reward, it’s an inspiring whistle-while-you-work ditty. "The Witcher" and "The Mandalorian," heroes of the gig economy 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Catherine “was a brilliant woman reduced to one word in a rhyme,” said Raine, alluding to the ditty learned by British schoolchildren to remember Henry’s six wives: “Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.” Even a Powerful Queen First Must Survive Being a Teenager 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z For some reason, they alighted on a childlike acoustic ditty called Dominique, sung by a Dominican nun from Waterloo called Sister Luc Gabriel. Belgian music now: from Antwerp to Waterloo 2012-07-03T11:45:19Z Until next week, we bid you adieu with that little ditty from perhaps the most famous sons of the South. The Walking Dead Watch: Pulling Back the Curtain 2012-11-12T14:00:32Z Consider it a romp through highly composed pop fantasias and flat drone ditties, featuring perhaps the weirdest Beach Boys song of all time. Download this: "Bass Treble Level" mixtape by Seattle's Devin Welch 2011-08-01T15:36:13Z I Didn't Know is curious, like a Billy Bragg ditty resulting from a jam session with My Bloody Valentine or Throbbing Gristle. New band of the day ? No 1,078: Ghost Outfit 2011-08-05T16:59:00Z For Katy Perry, that song is “Chained to the Rhythm,” a half-throttle disco ditty that scolds us for dancing our nights away while the republic crumbles: “Put your rose-colored glasses on and party on.” Review | Katy Perry’s half-woke, no good, very bad album 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z “T2” never strays too far from laughs, most memorably in an exhilarating sequence that sends Renton and Simon to plunder a private club where partying Protestants belt out sectarian ditties. Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’: Once Defiantly Wretched, Now Worn Down 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z At the 2015 V.M.A.s, Bieber broke down in tears delivering “What Do You Mean?,” making a ditty about failed communication dolorously communicative. The Scandalous Dullness of MTV’s First Post-Millennial V.M.A.s 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The Seattle singer-songwriter can sing a heartfelt folk-rock ballad, a mean little pop ditty and belt out rock ‘n’ roll with confidence all in one show. Seattle-area music and nightlife events, Jan. 11-17: Minority Retort, Shelby Earl and more 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z That’s why there are so many ditties penned to voice the heart’s reaction to dark moments – break-up anthems, funeral hymns, power ballads, Broadway standards. The "Transparent Musicale Finale" is a fitting eulogy for a wacky, messy series 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z Who knows what’s really going on behind those ditties of devastation and despair? True Detective: place your bets on the identity of the killer 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z As sung by Aimée Cucchiaro, a continual delight as a series of generic victims, as well as an aspiring fashion designer named Pixie, this clever ditty kicks things off to an enjoyable start. Theater Review: ‘The House of Von Macramé’ at Bushwick Starr 2013-01-27T22:48:18Z They’ve composed short ditties about the travails of being a kid. Mississippi embraces its blues in schools 2013-12-27T03:27:30Z “Reputation” contains 15 meticulously constructed ditties about living in the romantic simmer of your late 20s, where the melodies are easy to listen to and the lyrics are even easier to understand. Review | It’s Taylor Swift’s world. The rest of us just go insane in it. 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z So does the Muzak-like ditty that plays after that intercom message: “All by Myself.” In the galleries: Gunpowder and teddy bears 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z At Yale, the Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter paraded through campus last fall chanting ditties like “No means yes, and yes means anal,” which was filmed and posted on The Yale Daily News Web site. Motherlode: After Class, Skimpy Equality ? Motherlode 2011-08-26T21:03:49Z But the torrential, if glossy, violence — he adores juxtaposing innocuous pop ditties with gruesome set pieces — grows tiresome. Review: In ‘The World of Kanako,’ the Old Ultraviolence 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z People love to mishear “Imagine” as a ditty about how our righteous beliefs excuse us from taking necessary action. Perspective | Imagine there’s no ‘Imagine’ 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z But for Kennedy, now 55 and a mother of three grown children, there's a deeper meaning to that irreverent ditty. Caroline Kennedy returns to poetry for 10th book 2013-03-31T14:41:14Z Just look at the success of Wendy Cope, whose witty ditties made her BBC Radio 4 listeners' choice to succeed Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate. A plea for old poetry 2010-10-02T11:59:00Z Sir Paul McCartney said it best in "Her Majesty," the 23-second hidden ditty that closed The Beatles' 1969 classic "Abbey Road." Our Elizabethan Age of Pop Culture 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z After several rounds of skipping and marching to piano ditties, they file back out of the room to make way for the next group of dancers, arranged by age. PNB’s Stowell/Sendak ‘Nutcracker’ takes a final bow 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z The show’s spirit was defined early on by “Love Makes the World Go Round,” Bob Merrill’s winsome carousel ditty from “Carnival.” Music Review: Jennifer Sheehan at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-05-27T22:00:42Z Just plain baffling is the peppy bravado of “Time of Your Life,” “Tippy Toes” and “Living in New York City,” three ditties that may or may not be catering to the “Jersey Boys” demographic. Robin Thicke ignites discussion with ‘Paula,’ but these songs aren’t worth talking about And after last week's animated Charlie Sheen extravaganza, there's more from the party monster in the form of this Auto-tuned ditty. Guardian Viral Video Chart: Baby rips it up, Jennifer Aniston and Charlie Sheen 2011-03-11T07:00:01Z The registers of Mr. Barlow’s and Mr. Kennedy’s score accordingly alternate between soaring ballads and what Ms. Paulus calls “ ‘Yellow Submarine’ songs” — Beatlesesque ditties that lightly evoke the story’s British provenance without going full Elgar. ‘Finding Neverland’ and the Pop Heart Inside J. M. Barrie 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z She can keep singing her Warholian ditties about fame’s divine magnetism while the outside world rots on social media. Perspective | Hollywood brightened Lady Gaga’s star. Las Vegas will protect her from oblivion. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z I confess that I grew to curse this little ditty when it was being played incessantly on the radio and even held it accountable for a few close calls of highway hypnosis. Simplicity supplies emotional eloquence to pub musical 'Once' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Rest assured, there will be no such ditties on today’s playlist. Moons, Junes and 7 Summer Tunes 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Her rendition perfectly mirrored Angelina's transition from a servant singing a simple ditty at the fireside to a princess in full embellished voice. New production of Rossini's Cinderella a delight 2013-01-27T20:31:05Z Napalm Death fans will be disappointed to hear that their charming grindcore ditty You Suffer isn't among that top 10. TV highlights 22/03/2013 2013-03-22T07:00:07Z There are folk songs, a pro-union ditty and even a ritual funeral tune. Blues are buoyant, but ‘Black Pearl Sings!’ should have been rousing emotional duet 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z "Last Days," which just premiered at the New York Film Festival, is a three-minute ditty — animated, no less — that takes on the sad subject of elephant poaching in Africa. New York film fest: Kathryn Bigelow's small film on a big topic: elephants 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Mary, a reserved type who liked to make her friends laugh, sang a ditty about Louis XIV of France set to the tune of "I Feel Pretty." Hollywood's fickle; family ties endure 2011-03-16T21:28:00Z “Friends and neighbors/that’s where it’s at,” the choir intones, its living intentions represented by the ditty and its lo-fi recording — four minutes of almost punk simplicity. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Ornette Coleman 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z But these days fewer people are coming to bellow their way through Frank Sinatra ditties and Spice Girls tunes. Karaoke industry may be facing the music 2010-04-06T04:00:00Z Next up was My Bubba, three young Scandinavian women — one Dane, one Swede, one Icelander — in vintage-store dresses who merged their voices in high harmony while strumming and drumming jangly ditties. Elsinore in Denmark, Hamlet’s ‘Home,’ Is Having a Renaissance 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Warbled by that dashing crooner Orpheus, the ditty proves so soothing that Cerberus nods off. Review | Angst and comedy among the Olympians in ‘Pantheon’ 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z Rather, she says, with the perkiness of a morning-show host, she chirped about the loveliness of the blue skies and hummed upbeat ditties as she whipped up banana-strawberry smoothies. How LSD ‘Microdosing’ Saved Ayelet Waldman’s Marriage 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Borat sings a ditty about the Wuhan flu and chopping up journalists “like the Saudis do.” Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He’s Serious 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z So half his songs are laptop pop and the other half are grungy, but because his voice is so prominent in the mix, even the latter are more novelty ditties than excoriating noise-outs. New band of the day ? No 811: Diamond Rings 2010-06-18T16:16:00Z Sadly, it's the one left lying on the floor when young Albert is eaten by a lion in Stanley Holloway's exuberant 1920s ditty. Readers recommend songs about hats: the results 2010-07-08T21:50:00Z This clever ditty suggested that Corn Pops was not merely a breakfast cereal but a snack food as well, and it was not just for morning but for any time of day. TV makes us fat! 2013-09-07T22:00:00Z McCartney’s ceaseless touring and generously loaded re-issues helped rehab his image but that doesn’t change the fact that this lazily strummed pastoral ditty is still his biggest solo hit. 13 monster hits that suck by artists you love: “This is a jam for Guy Fieri-catered deck parties” 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Arlene starts singing the exorcism ditty while René warns her about the trouble Terry is about to bring into her life through the ghosts from his past. "True Blood" 4x12: A sexy, bloody end to season four 2011-09-12T11:59:00Z Her notoriety is summed up by a macabre ditty, the one in which she gives her mother 40 whacks with an ax and then gives her father 41 more. At Sundance, Films Filled With Fury, Propelled by Outsiders 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z It also marshals deliciously ripe turns from Donna English as the ill-fated Bunny Bixby, and Janet Dickinson as her conniving mother-in-law, who delivers a priceless ditty of smug, moneyed conservatism in “Everything’s Green in Greenwich.” Critic?s Notebook: New York Musical Theater Festival Is Under Way 2011-10-03T22:31:10Z A special mention, however, goes to Lindley's homespun ditty about the point in a man's life when he starts to grow breasts. Jackson Browne with David Lindley at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-28T00:20:00Z These pastiches — a British-style drinking ditty, a sober hymn, a sincere parlor song — are the most inspired moments in the opera, run through with dissonances and the creaking out-of-tune piano Mr. Maxwell Davies calls for. Music Review: ?The Lighthouse,? From Boston Lyric Opera 2012-02-09T23:07:11Z Delving into the archives, you might detect the following themes: Frank Sinatra is, of course, the king of such upbeat-despite-overwhelming-odds ditties. Now that's what I call Desert Island Discs! 2011-03-02T20:00:02Z The two things that were rare about this were that it was personally inscribed by the author with a nice little ditty. Rare Orwell book fetches ?86,000 2010-03-25T12:28:00Z Various additional ditties from the grand Berlin songbook—”Blue Skies,” “Let Yourself Go,” “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm”—were added for extra spice. 'White Christmas' has plenty of snow, not enough emotion 2010-12-17T23:58:33Z Slim pickings compared to Tuesday's parade of nutjobs, but at least Turkey put a decent amount of effort into its cockeyed boy band pirate ditty. Eurovision 2012: who shone brightest in the second semi-final? 2012-05-25T10:37:13Z Lil Mosey — “K for Christmas” Two years ago when this melodic-rap ditty was released, the young rap star’s wish list included things teenage boys often dream of: money and girls. A Grinch’s guide to holiday music by Washington state artists 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The Star-Spangled Banner Keeping watch through a long night of peril and The firing proved not to be sterile and Inspired a ditty Of our flag waving, pretty, O’er some ramparts near Baltimore, Maryland. Style Invitational Week 1445: Put it in bee-verse 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Doyle makes do with just a few ditties by Stephen Schwartz, not in his “Wicked” vein, and a cast of 10. Review: An ‘As You Like It’ That Is More Prose Than Poetry 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Sting even stopped by to showcase a ditty from his upcoming musical "The Last Ship," while other winning shows from this season, like the now-shuttered "The Bridges of Madison County," got no air time. Tony Awards 2014: The Tonys show doesn't always tap along 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z “He could take the most stupid Tin Pan Alley ditty and turn it into high art.” Ways to Spend a Virtual Day With Louis Armstrong 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Amid the Gilbert and Sullivan pastiches and dance band ditties, all serviceable but unremarkable, a few stand out. Review: A Multiple-Exposure ‘Me and My Girl’ at Encores! 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z He wrote ditties threatening suicide if a partner left him, which I would hear blasting from cars on my block. The Violent Life and Shocking Death of XXXTentacion 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z And the staging is so inventive, the famous police ditty, “When the Foeman Bares His Steel,” will be the funniest you’ve seen or heard. 'Pirates of Penzance': Wasting away in Gilbert and Sullivanville 2010-12-15T22:44:16Z It’s a move away from crowd-pleasing ditties, a valiant turn inward and, at times — in “Gale Song,” “In the Light” and “Angela” — the songs reach a distillation of yearning and solitude. Review: The Lumineers Return, Weary and Disillusioned 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z “Stage Door Canteen” is more than wartime nostalgia that dredges up disposable, propagandistic ditties with an attitude of serious fun. Music Review: When We All Pulled Together, Like Those Boys in Uniform 2011-03-13T22:40:38Z Another showed her singing a racist ditty to the tune of a children's song. Winehouse among music talents gone too soon 2011-07-24T11:51:14Z In addition to the seven lyrics in the original text, Mr. McAnuff has swiped a couple from other plays, and even a ditty by Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh. Critic?s Notebook: Brian Dennehy at Stratford Shakespeare Festival 2011-09-03T00:09:21Z Turner, 40, wrote his first song at age 2: a hilariously lugubrious two-note piano ditty, “There Was a Tow-Truck in the Desert,” which he played for salon attendees. Wolves, storms and bluegrass: an afternoon with Seattle Chamber Music Society’s Commissioning Club 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z A charming little ragtime ditty called “Splash” segues into a full-Monty skinny-dipping scene, complete with onstage pond and male actors cavorting in the buff. A visit to romance and Italy in ‘Room with a View’ 2014-05-03T00:30:45Z To my delight, they played unplugged tunes ranging from Irish ditties to Bob Marley jams. Seattle summer staycation: 3 day trips to take from the Seattle waterfront 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z This was written to amuse his brother, but it went viral, and Burnham added to it, with ditties about the KKK and the Easter bunny on crack. Bo Burnham: 'I'm honest ? for two minutes' 2010-08-24T21:00:00Z No renditions of the Broadway musical’s most familiar ditties such as “Master of the House,” no “On My Own.” A dream of time gone by: How PBS's "Les Misérables" helps process the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Mixed in, though, are enough squeaky clean ditties to suggest fiddling from label reps who heard the first draft freakouts and demanded easier hits like "Love in High Places" and "Nobody But You." Kimbra cooks up virtual layer cake of sound 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Why not give this little a ditty a Top 40 arrangement? Greil Marcus on “Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions” 2012-07-16T14:06:00Z Their contribution to Yuletide fun was a little ditty called Rated Xmas. New band of the day ? No 756: Millionaires 2010-03-29T14:29:00Z In “La Couronne,” a pastoral ditty based on Molière, poets vie to heap the greatest praise on Louis XIV. Critic’s Notebook: A Boston Biennial Celebrates the Baroque Tradition 2013-06-18T21:16:06Z “Happier Than Ever” begins as a soft, ukulele-strummed ditty — made even more dreamlike by the confetti that slowly drifted down from the Garden’s rafters — and then morphs into a thundering, cathartic emo-opera. At Billie Eilish’s Arena Show, the Only Spectacle Is Herself 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z In Mr. Mayer’s version, Mr. Lucic walks in wearing his raincoat, singing the ditty, looking just out of place. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z Some are solos in conversation with each other, such as when an aria from Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” segues into the early-20th-century ditty “There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden.” A Cabaret Star and an Opera Star Walk Onto a Stage … 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z All right, so maybe children will never jump rope to that ditty the way they did to another about the same woman. Review: ‘The Lizzie Borden Chronicles,’ a Lifetime Series Starring Christina Ricci 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z This past weekend, meanwhile, another troubled actor, Randy Quaid, managed to draw an audience in Vancouver for an act involving musical renditions of his paranoid delusions, including a dour ditty "Star Whackers." Is awful the new good? 2011-03-21T20:03:00Z Santi White — has a perpetually blithe and perky voice, a mezzo-soprano chirp that in an earlier decade might have been at home delivering bubble gum pop ditties on AM radio. On a Surprise Album, Santigold Returns with Blithe Pop and Big Ideas 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z But she also delivered an original up-to-the-minute hip-hop ditty, “Russky Rap,” timed for the Winter Olympics. Music Review: Nellie McKay Sings Homemades and Standards at Café Carlyle 2014-02-19T19:30:53Z It was both entertaining ditty and allegory for something as profound as peace and harmony. Pure joy in toe shoes: Tiler Peck and the radiant dancing of 'BalletNow' 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z He also made a mark in 2011 with "Love Me for Who I Am," a ditty dedicated to special-needs kids embraced by parents and educators. The Grammys: What your kids (and you) need to hear 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z That means no more songs like “Someone New,” a saccharine little breakup ditty that was a disservice to his more serious songwriter goals. Hozier takes a worshipful L.A. to an actual church 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Instead, the skit that was deemed too offensive to air was a simple country ditty … dedicated to the global Salafist terrorist network, al-Qaida. Comedian Eric Andre: 'We don't tell guests a thing ...' 2020-06-27T04:00:00Z There’s also a blind Roman boy with a blond mop who sings a nationalist ditty and brings the multitudes to collective tears. Review: ‘Dragon Blade’ Features Jackie Chan, Romans and a Lot of Mayhem 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Last year, King ruled that the company didn't own the lyrics to the ditty, one of the best-known and most beloved songs in the world. Judge approves settlement in 'Happy Birthday' copyright case 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z While Taylor Swift claims disappointing celebrity dalliances as inspiration for tell-nothing pop ditties, Presley does everything but provide video proof of her own bad romances, to use the term loosely. At Hill Country, Angaleena Presley seems set for post-supergroup success But then gears shift, and the actors perform a ditty about turning off cellphones, unwrapping candy and not talking during the show. | 'Henry V': A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act ...and Maybe a Better Hall? 2011-08-17T21:51:54Z Sure, today I could spot the layers of entrenched denial and white privilege in that Waylon Jennings ditty from outer space. Lonnae O’Neal: I’m a black woman. I loved Luke Duke. It’s complicated. 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z On the singles side, Gotye struck gold with his xylophone ditty Somebody That I Used to Know, selling 6.8m copies, almost exclusively digitally. Adele joins exclusive club as 21 named bestselling album in the US … again! 2013-01-04T13:05:25Z Usually these are frivolous ditties, but one of the show’s remarkable features is that every once in a while a song turns genuinely touching despite the absurdity of plot and performance. ‘Galavant’ Goes Medieval for the Biggest Laughs 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z The score for "Journey," which casts players as a mysterious scarf-draped figure who wanders a desert landscape, is an exotic mix of mystical and introspective ditties led by powerful cello solos. Video game composer taking 'Journey' to Grammys 2013-02-07T16:46:07Z In short order, McCartney rips off one musical confection after another, including Beatlesque pop ditties such as "Find My Way" and "Seize the Day." Paul McCartney's spectacular return to form: New solo album "McCartney III" sizzles and soars 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Been nominating ditties about your brave constabulary, have we? Readers recommend: Songs about the police - the results 2011-03-24T16:42:45Z "Music Makers" is a simple ditty in multiple verses, with a blue-note refrain, easy enough for any audience to sing. CSO's Muti, Yo Yo Ma close youth festival with flair 2011-05-16T00:58:33Z TV sufficiently reassured me that I wasn’t alone in my distaste for the ditty. Do you "Believe" in the immortality of Cher's pop music anthem after 25 years? 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Her protest worked, and she and Riker danced the samba to the much less suggestive pop ditty, “Want to Want Me” from Jason Derulo, instead. 'DWTS' recap: Patti leaves, Riker surges on 'Spring Break Night' 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z With this promising ditty as his debut feature, the filmmaker introduces himself as a voice to be heard. ‘The Score’ Review: Songs in the Key of Heist 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The interviewees' fond reminiscences of the country's postcolonial monarchical rule seem skewed to say the least, as the regime's cultural agenda of promoting syrupy pop ditties emitted an air of let-them-eat-cake indulgence amid widespread poverty. 'Don't Think I've Forgotten' a deft look back at Cambodia's pop scene Many of these little fables and ditties are, as the title suggests, about God, or matters concerning God. My Favorite Books of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z And, of course, they use songs — eight, if you don’t count “Alley Cats Come Out at Night,” an endearingly ridiculous ditty from Ms. Satter’s childhood band. Review: Tina Satter’s ‘Ghost Rings,’ an Elliptical Tale of Lost Connections 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Mash, for instance, after telling Dev that, sorry, she’s just not feeling it for him, whips out a ukulele and sings a perky little ditty: Review: ‘Stupid _____ Bird’ Is Chekhov for the 21st Century 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z Maybe not as much as "Mamma Mia" and singing inappropriately raunchy wedding reception ditties, but it counts. It's a scientific fact: "What We Do in the Shadows" Laszlo is a friend we need, in deed 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z As he puts it on “The Joker and the Queen,” a music-box piano ditty on “=” that stretches a poker metaphor exhaustingly far, “When I fold, you see the best in me.” Ed Sheeran Sticks With a Familiar Formula on ‘=’ 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Inflected with notes of doubt, cynicism and contempt, they curdle from happy, life-affirming ditties into objects of suspicion. Emily Bergl Performs at 54 Below 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z At times, his dazzling piano playing calls Art Tatum to mind; elsewhere, singing lighthearted ditties like “There’s No Anesthetic for Love” in a repartee with his trio-mates, he sounds a lot like Louis Jordan. How Pop and Jazz Revisited the Past in 13 Boxed Sets 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The unamplified ditty kicked off the encore as the crowd alternately hollered and shushed each other. Review: Eddie Vedder turns Seattle homecoming into family affair 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z And there is no denying the irresistible joy of Filter’s arrangement of “O Mistress Mine,” which evolves from folk ditty to punk stomper. Review: ‘Twelfth Night’ by Filter Theater, Set at the Frat 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z There is a book of songs, “Quotations of Chairman Mao Tse-tung Set to Music,” that includes ditties like “A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party.” 'Quotations of Chairman Mao' Debuts at the Grolier Club 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z But then it’s back to the stylized gloom with “One Last Night,” a stifling minor-key ditty by the aptly named Vaults. 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Soundtrack has one thing on its mind 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The funky ditty "Big Black Man," delivered with panache by Terence Kelley. Review: 'The Full Monty' at Village Theatre turns hard times into fun 2010-09-23T20:35:00Z Fletcher was given such a ditty at the end of “Showcase.” Hotel Room Theater: Richard Maxwell's 'Showcase' at the Millennium Biltmore 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z And then there are the irresistible kids' ditties — also campfire classics — "Riding in My Car" and "Why, Oh Why." Woody Guthrie at 100: These songs belong to you and me 2012-07-10T19:46:05Z There’s lots to choose from, since Guthrie — hired by the Bonneville Power Administration in 1941 to write songs for a film about the Columbia River — knocked out 26 ditties in a month. Woody Guthrie tribute, new book bring X punk star John Doe to Seattle 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z The buzz: "Jacob spends his time making solo pop ditties that have touched the heart of pretty much every influential website editor on the internet." New band of the day ? No 950: Therapies Son 2011-01-20T17:41:47Z The show wrapped up anti-climactically with the throwaway hits “Lift Off” and multiple versions of a party ditty with “Paris” in the title. Concert review: Watch the Throne at the United Center 2011-12-01T07:35:00Z I think Sethi wants to emphasize that these ditties are fantasies, but the overall effect is too phony. ‘World’s Best’ Review: Straight Outta Calculus 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z It's thematically similar to Lesley Gore's famous ditty "You Don't Own Me," except in that song Lesley was telling the listener all the things he wasn't allowed to do to her. Dissecting the lyrics of "Real Housewives" songs 2011-04-21T20:30:00Z Hardship, endless roads and oppression are regular characters in his ditties, which is part of what makes his historical legacy so powerful. Woody Guthrie’s Star-Studded 100th Birthday Party 2012-10-15T16:43:47Z But all three artists lost to “24K Magic,” a collection of overly hygienic funk ditties by Bruno Mars. Review | With a sweep from Bruno Mars, the Grammys snub hip-hop — again 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Bennett seems to have heard it as a jaunty pop ditty driven by buoyant piano and shaker-forward production. Behind Wilco’s 2001 Masterpiece, a Band Breaking Its Heart 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Folk-revival ditties pointed their more dedicated listeners — particularly musicians — back to original versions, extending the reach of regional styles. Pete Seeger, 1919-2014: A Folk Revivalist Who Used His Voice to Bring Out a Nation’s 2014-01-29T02:31:11Z Rigoletto is supposed to enter the palace in his jester’s costume, half-crazed and singing a ditty. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z It includes walking sticks and boxes that sailors fashioned primarily from whale bone or ivory during long voyages; especially impressive is an elliptical “ditty box” incised with neo-Classical buildings from around 1845. Art Review: ‘Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions,’ at South Street Seaport 2012-08-02T23:17:05Z At the close of the show, Mr. Corden sang a solo ditty, perhaps to signal to viewers that besides appearing in the movie “Into the Woods,” he is also a Tony-winning Broadway performer. Review: James Corden Is Amiable, if Not Particularly Special, in ‘Late Late Show’ Debut on CBS 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z There’s a gospel number from the Church of the Sick and Tired, a nuclear ditty that sounds like it might be called “First Strike Boogie,” and more that are memorable enough to hum hours later. We’re doomed, happily: Ron Litman’s protest act in ‘Armageddon’ at Fringe What we get is another common souvenir, courtesy of a decently wailed version of a ditty we've heard before. Hulu's new Sex Pistols series is a rock 'n' roll swindle that plays like edgy karaoke 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z It's a majestic, toe-tapping wonder of a ditty that is typical of Empires. Sink your teeth into a better Taste 2011-06-23T11:42:00Z You get that from the handful of quiet love songs on “Pageant Material”: beautifully crafted ditties such as “Miserable” and “Late to the Party” that signal Musgraves’ happy alignment with commercial country’s bread and butter. Kacey Musgraves is not here to flatter your progressivism 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Others, including two weak ukulele ditties, seem tokenistic, and muddy the clarity of an argument that might be more effectively made if it stopped masquerading as comedy. Robert Newman – review 2013-05-23T17:21:02Z A classic count-to-12 ditty harks back to the program’s 1970s roots, as do a pair of hares whose accordion limbs stretch like taffy in a funky dance break. ‘Sesame Street: The Musical’ Review: Everything’s A-OK 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z And if you’d never heard a soul singer perform a country ditty with a Swedish DJ, this was your chance. Perspective | Was Avicii trying to bridge EDM and country? And did anyone dare walk across? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z In concept this opera is a tapestry of American song, with evocations of ballads, jazzy Broadway numbers, folk songs, art songs and ditties. Music Review: Collegiate Choral, With Jane Fonda, in a Concert Version 2010-03-23T22:18:00Z The ditty may be clever, but it kills the just-established mood. | 'Henry V': A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act ...and Maybe a Better Hall? 2011-08-17T21:51:54Z And the musical numbers feel so repetitive, it's hard to distinguish one heartfelt ballad or up-tempo ditty or contrapuntal duet from another. Review: Village Theatre adopts 'Anne of Green Gables' 2010-11-19T05:01:00Z The album opens with "Caught in the Briars," a swinging three-minute ditty, with a charming acoustic guitar line, some lovely organ fills and a horn arrangement that would fit in the finest Van Morrison tune. Review: Iron & Wine's latest another step forward 2013-04-15T20:58:08Z Shostakovich, after all, didn’t make a public announcement that he’d be quoting a ditty from a favorite work of Hitler’s. An Argument for Hearing a Work With a Nazi Reference 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z The music comprises a broad repertoire of finger-clicking ditties and soaring power ballads. Review: ‘Berlusconi: A New Musical’ Is Hammy and Hamstrung 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z A wordless little ditty, like a child singing to herself, is quickly doubled a couple of octaves below; a religious stateliness in the keyboards lies over a deep-pocketed groove, accented by spacey, jazzy guitar lines. An Inescapable Voice on "Black Messiah" 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s a smiley, bouncy song that could be a children’s ditty except that it’s about serial murder, with a new victim in each verse. Music Review: Celebrating a Twisted, Elegant Versifier 2011-08-07T21:46:32Z Accompanied by a keyboardist and a percussionist, Gates sings the patriotic ditty three times. In Theaster Gates' latest work, poignant power from the remnants of our history 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z Jagger even sings a song he claims to have written the previous night, Glastonbury Girl, a charmingly daft ditty about wet wipes, wellies and MDMA. Rolling Stones at Glastonbury 2013 – review 2013-06-30T00:03:24Z As familiar as you may be with Mary Lou Williams and Louis Armstrong, chances are you've never heard Williams' infectious ditty "Satchel Mouth Baby." Sir Paul McCartney drops a lovely valentine 2012-02-11T22:31:04Z No surprise that none of these plot-burdened ditties managed to worm their way into my head. 'Bright Star' wears its old-fashioned heart on its gingham sleeve 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z A few critics have objected that LaVette's ragged-voiced intensity and scorching search for the emotional essence of a song don't always fit these ditties well. Bettye LaVette, Karrin Allyson coming to Jazz Alley 2010-07-09T21:54:00Z Another, for which Winehouse apologized, showed her singing a racist ditty to the tune of a children's song. Police: Singer Amy Winehouse dies 2011-07-23T16:56:09Z The more likely tune is a folk ditty that nourished the airwaves by the early months: Loudon Wainwright III’s Top 40 novelty “Dead Skunk.” "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre": A metaphor for Nixon-era mayhem 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z They're more likely to include an unassuming little ditty about Norma Jean, or a repetitive dirge about a craggy bit of Scotland. TV highlights 28/12/2012 2012-12-21T10:08:17Z Marilyn Manson — the infamous goth rocker and self-titled Antichrist Superstar — once pulled Jewel aside to tell her that his favorite song of hers was the tender ditty “I’m Sensitive”: ’90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z I am not sure why you think that particular ditty belongs to Bruno Mars. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1, Episode 8: The History of Rock 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z But on three albums Scissor Sisters have slipped some darker thoughts into their dance-pop ditties. Music Review: Sweating the Details for the Fun of Others 2010-08-25T22:45:00Z If You Gotta Go, Go Now” was a crowd pleasing ditty, that along with “Mr. Tambourine Man” should have been on Dylan’s previous album, “Another Side Of Bob Dylan.” Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The dedications demonstrated how ordinary listeners were reacting to the songs, and how even the most forgettable ditty can move someone. Remembering Casey Kasem, D.J. for a More Eclectic Pop Radio 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Matthews, who sings on wavy ditty “Zundapp” and is credited as the album’s executive producer, has been a significant Barnes booster over the years, helping tease out Barnes’ songs into full-length albums. Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The “Dear Leader” croons about his pain in an equally painful broken English ditty. A look at North Korea send-ups in pop culture 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z A congressional panel wasn't as amused by one employee's ditty about never getting audited by the inspector general. What happens in Vegas, doesn't stay in Vegas 2012-08-23T01:01:05Z Carter recently released his first solo album, ironically titled “Unknown,” which features “Anything Made of Paper” as well a hilarious and timely ditty titled “Amerijuana.” Kitsap songwriting legend Bill Carter | Concert preview 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z These ditties and etudes weren’t exactly reinterpreted, but some of them became harder or harsher onstage. The musical duo Air performs something kinda sorta like a rock concert 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z That “Monday Night Football” ditty was part psychology and part play list for Payton. Broncos coach Sean Payton is the NFL’s admittedly absent-minded perfectionist, sentimentalist 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z “Illicit Affairs” On “Folklore,” “Illicit Affairs” is a spectral folk ditty; here it sounded like … a Disturbed song? The 12 best moments from Taylor Swift's opening night at SoFi Stadium 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Strait and the 11-piece band spent much of the night vacillating between up-tempo ditties that often turn a bit of sorrow into a winking good time and slower, more heavy-hearted fare. The King of Country rocks Seattle for the first time in nearly a decade 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z All four shows are represented in “The World Goes ’Round,” along with both timeless and mostly forgotten ditties from a passel of other Kander and Ebb musicals, movies and concert acts. Review | If you must see a Kander and Ebb show, this is the one to see 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Frank Sinatra later turned this ditty into the city’s anthem — making it inescapable for Kander, who still doesn’t get why everyone loves it so much. 'New York, New York’ the film is not good. The new Broadway musical is worse 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Grogan’s ditty seemed more foolish than prophetic at first after Memphis State opened the season with losses to LSU, Marquette and Texas. Bill Walton, Memphis State and the legacy of the 1973 NCAA title game 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Instead, he played piano at enlisted men’s clubs in Japan and Hawaii, composing ditties deriding officers and senior noncoms in his unit. Mark Russell, political satirist with a star-spangled piano, dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Confederate soldiers even sang about “goober peas” — boiled peanuts — in a popular wartime ditty. Boiled peanuts let you look at the legume in a new light 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Which is how we got the supremely meme-able moment in which the usually ultra-serious Lydia walks into frame, accordion strapped to her chest, improvising a goofy ditty called “Apartment for Sale.” How Cate Blanchett lets go of 'Tár' and passes the baton to audiences 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z So what, exactly, makes this ditty — like much of the cuisine it’s intended to sell — so sticky? Opinion | Burger King came up with one whopper of an earworm 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z After the loss, Grogan, Memphis State’s publicity man, wrote a coda for his preseason ditty. Bill Walton, Memphis State and the legacy of the 1973 NCAA title game 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z The songs penned by the self-described “sad dream queen” are gentle indie pop ditties with deceptive darkness below reverb-drenched guitar, jazzy rhythms and her warm, round vocal tones. For the versatile Ari Voxx, music is an expression of the ineffable 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z This year, it will cost $45,523.27 to buy all of the gifts described in the beloved holiday ditty, PNC Bank reported in its annual “Christmas Price Index”. True love gets more expensive: Inflation drives spike prices of ‘12 Days of Christmas’ gifts 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The show also offered a stage for him to debut original novelty ditties, such as “The Chanukah Song,” which landed on the Billboard Top 100. Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize this spring at Kennedy Center 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Obscure comedy team John Bowley and John Wilson were arrested onstage in 1981 for “telling obscene jokes and singing dirty ditties.” 5 comics who were arrested onstage 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “A sugary, down-home ditty that draws from traditional bluegrass styles, ‘Berry Pie’ is the ideal soundtrack for holiday baking adventures–successes or blunders! Dolly Parton has arrived: Country legend joins TikTok with clip of new song 'Berry Pie' 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z The group performed covers of popular songs, but Sarah did write "a few ditties", including their theme tune You're Fabulous. The Fabs: How a '60s all-girl band (nearly) ruled the world 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z In concert, his DIY ditties were full of life, each extra fill, lick or solo drawing them farther out of his phone. Review | Steve Lacy, cool and comfortable while grappling with newfound fame 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z This advertisement, from May 1874 in the Puget Sound Dispatch, might be the first recorded version of the ever popular ice-cream lovers’ ditty. He opened Seattle’s 1st candy shop — and maybe coined a famous ditty 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In the latter, her high and light voice was used to poignant effect in the ditty “Goodbye, Little Yellow Bird,” forecasting her own doom. Angela Lansbury, Broadway luminary and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ star, dies at 96 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z As compact and portable as these little ditties are, they pack some serious historical punch. With new official anthem, the Space Force hopes to land on your radar 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The best way to experience the forgettable ditty is to dive in headfirst. Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta were hopelessly devoted to each other for decades 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s a tuneless ditty that breaks down the oddball activities Bamford engages in to keep dark thoughts at bay. Commentary: The best comedy lesson Robin Williams taught me was learning to laugh at myself 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The story of how the rabbi’s wife began the Cherry Hill Kosher Cake Company and grew the operation into a thriving catering business is recapped in a wonderful little conversational ditty. Review: 'A Wicked Soul in Cherry Hill' is a charming albeit troubling true-crime musical 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z I enjoyed a few ditties with a Best Bitter; I bought a half-pour and asked the bartender to fill that glass halfway, soaking in my defeat. This South End brewery walk hits 8 taprooms in about 4 miles 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z She debuted the song — if you can call it that — in the least excited way possible, then unenthusiastically recited the lyrics and captioned the bizarre ditty with “god help us all.” Doja Cat is supposedly a big fan of Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza. Now it's coming back 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z When my children were infants, I belted out the same nonsensical ditty my mom used to sing to me; by the time they were toddlers, they could clap along to it with me. Kids won’t listen? Science says music might help. 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Let’s start with the hosts and a nice early mention of the King’s Road in this shambling and enjoyable ditty from post-punk Chelsea band The Television Personalities. Chelsea v Brighton: Premier League – live! 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Sometimes this involves her whipping the camera along the forest floor at an exciting variety of mushrooms; other times she’ll sing little ditties about the food she’s sourced. These TikTok food creators are serving up great food with a side of entertainment Given Kaminski’s extensive repertoire — he has a master’s degree in music from Georgia State University and loves everything from 1960s Beach Boys to timeless polka ditties — that is often a tall task. Play me a song: Braves organist charms fans, amuses players 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z Schoolchildren of ages past learned a ditty about the effects of a nail falling from the shoe of a single horse: Opinion | What if Colin Powell had run for president in 1996? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z It was in Wales that they came prepared with some funny songs they had written, including ditties honoring some of the better competitors. Loud fans with even louder outfits? These 'Guardians' fit right in at Ryder Cup 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Rich’s ditty could serve as the score for the state of topical talk programs, long a staple of TV news. Fox News fans love 'The Five,' but can political talk shows make room for dissent? 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z In Dylan’s entomological ditty, a dark chamber in Princeton that “smelled like a tomb” suddenly brightens in concert with the cacophonous cicadas, a testament to their reviving capabilities: Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z A humdrum tune with lyrics lambasting the liberators of 4 million enslaved human beings, this offensive little ditty never should have found a vocalist or a publisher, much less enshrinement by any honorable body. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: We are all starved for comic relief. That’s no excuse for insensitivity. 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z The Associated Press asked players and coaches participating in this tournament - along with the man responsible for the famous ditty - about a phenomenon that’s been around for more than 30 years. ‘The ball is tipped’: Recollections of ‘One Shining Moment’ 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z It includes amateur watercolours, engravings after Old Masters, oak leaves, poems, ditties and comments on contemporary events. Unknown Constables found hidden for 200 years in family scrapbook 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Unflappable and regarded as brilliant, Schuchat eases the tension at meetings by singing ditties about the latest outbreak set to Broadway tunes. Inside the fall of the CDC 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z Fair play to big Tony for giving Sam’s well-intentioned ditty a thumbs up. US Open golf 2020: first round – live! 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Sometimes, the introductory music for the petite blonde was the 1925 ditty, “Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue.” Opinion | No Wrist Corsages, Please 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Nothing about what she was playing, a ditty called “Waltz Me All Day,” had ever suggested any latent powers of consolation before. Perspective | Musicians always crave time to practice. Lockdown gave us nothing but. 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Any attempt to beat these ditties into submission by revising them would only demonstrate the futility of changing anything without offending some people. Feedback: COVID-19 took away movie theaters and threatens our most challenging films 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The baby-carriage story inherited by Ms. Williams is just one moment among so many that unfolded almost simultaneously throughout Philadelphia, where children on the street could be heard reciting variations of a new ditty: The Killer Flu of 1918: A Philadelphia Story 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z The snappy pop ditty was the fictional one hit for a Beatles-esque band called the One-ders, later changed to the Wonders, on a label called Playtone, a name Hanks adopted for his production company. Fountains of Wayne singer dies of coronavirus 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Donald Trump is directly mentioned once, in “Quick Escape,” a rocking ditty about looking for a place, anyplace - Morocco, Zanzibar, Mars even - that the president hasn’t destroyed yet. Review: Pearl Jam come roaring back with superb new album 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z “Get on your bed, your kitchen table, your couch – and jump!,” he shouts from an eerily empty theatre during his new online gig before his band kick into another raucous ditty. From standup to the Sistine chapel: the best online culture for self-isolation 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z She finds the vulnerable beauty of “Will He Like Me?,” she blows the lid off “Vanilla Ice Cream” and she handles the tricky letter-writing ditty “Dear Friend” with éclat. Review: With 'She Loves Me,' South Coast Rep serves up an imperfect but pleasurable treat 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Why this dusty, nineteenth century ditty needed to be refashioned this way is unclear. Review: ‘Gretel & Hansel’ is a real horror(ible) movie 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z She also performed lovely ukelele versions of the Beatles’ “I Will” and a few soulful ditties she wrote with a friend when she was 7 years old. Billie Eilish, a Belieber, recaps her starstruck Justin Bieber encounter 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z The old campfire ditty recycled as a global pop tune is now the team’s anthem. 'Bless these bats’: Meet the Nationals’ priest praying for a World Series victory 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Lizzo, one of the year’s most popular artists, sang “Rise and Shine” after playing a little ditty on her flute at a recent concert. Analysis | Budding singer Kylie Jenner is trying to monetize her breakout hit, ‘Rise and Shine’ 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The eighth-graders still recall the ditties they heard in lower grades about math facts and word orders. North Carolina editorial roundup 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z On the Los Angeles set of “Transparent,” inside a bustling soundstage at the Paramount lot, a three-person chorus is passionately belting a ditty, a cappella. How do you solve a problem like Maura? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z With originals spanning a 30-career and even a ditty from Sonny Boy Williamson tossed in for good measure, he was the perfect warm-up for the nostalgic night. Stray Cats’ strut sharp tunes in rockabilly-fueled reunion at Wolf Trap 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Still others tell their pupils to remember the little ditty, “Please excuse my dear Aunt Sally.” The Math Equation That Tried to Stump the Internet 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z It even got Bill Gates to do a little ditty on stage! Steve Ballmer is still very hyped 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Like a ditty half heard on the radio that replays incessantly in the darkened theater of the mind, the opening lines of an Edna St. Vincent Millay sonnet repeated themselves endlessly in my head: Cardiologist by day, Mafia doctor by night 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z It's no melodic ditty like "She Loves You." Reporter's Notebook: Longest-ever roll call vote was Senate's 'Revolution Number 9' 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z One of these ditties dealt with internet censorship in China and embroiled the series in controversy when CBS, fearing international repercussions, refused to run the cartoon. ‘The Good Fight’ comes to CBS, barbed politics intact (F-bombs sold separately) 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Lyrics that deal with economic insecurity fuel the super mid-tempo “Quicksand” and “Rule” is a little needy smoky piano ditty. Music Review: X Ambassadors return right where they left off 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z When it displaced Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” atop the Hot 100, Omi’s airy electro-reggae ditty became the first song by a Jamaican artist to hit No. 1 in nearly a decade. Ranked! The 21st century’s best (and worst) songs of the summer 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The two contribute vocals to the light ditty, which is about not fitting in at a party and getting validation from a lover’s presence. Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber’s new summer jam, ‘I Don’t Care,’ is here 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z The ditty titled “The Town Rat” appeared in a local publication of the Freedom Party in Braunau. Austria: Anti-migration party on defensive over rat poem 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z “Genius” is the clear highlight, a driving, over-the-top ditty with baroque touches that has Sia and Labrinth bouncing bombastic verses off each other. Review: Supergroup LSD’s debut both too much and too little 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “Track Five” opens with Walker’s croon before spinning into a curious work that predicts Ariel Pink’s oddball ditties. Appreciation: Scott Walker, who turned his back on commercial pop music to became an acclaimed experimental composer 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z The team arrived at games singing a ditty that concluded: “Red Stockings all will toss the ball, and shout our loud Hurrah!” Season-long tribute planned to pioneering 1869 Red Stockings 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z “I think that’s kind of cute,” Colbert said of the ditty. Samantha Bee: 'Trump thinks bipartisanship is some sort of swingers' cruise' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Towards the end Old Trafford was the loudest in recent memory, Manchester United’s joyous fans singing the “20 times” ditty about their record number of titles. Paul Pogba shines as Manchester United swat aside lacklustre Bournemouth 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z You could hear it on the band’s hit debut, 2011’s “Hell on Heels,” with its clever ditties about struggling to make ends meet. Miranda Lambert's Pistol Annies have never been more important than they are right now - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The catchy ditty celebrating “the good ol’ hockey game” will be honored Saturday night when the Toronto Maple Leafs host the Winnipeg Jets at Scotiabank Arena. ‘The Hockey Song’ going into Canadian Songwriters HOF 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The title echoes a recruiting slogan that George M. Cohan wove into his World War I ditty “Over There.” Review: Life rushes in to replace war's horrors in Actors' Gang's exultant 'Johnny Got His Gun' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z Until then, the many fanatics will have time to revisit the first three seasons to look for Easter eggs, recite dialogue and sing along to gems such as the scatological ditty “Fathers and Daughters.” In advance of Adult Swim Festival, 'Rick & Morty' composer Ryan Elder ponders future episodes and tells 'Rick Dance' origin story - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Oh, and a thoroughly annoying Minstrel kept interrupting everyone with his lute and his parable-like ditties. Kate Atkinson’s Spy Novel Makes the Genre New 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z While the ditty made the digital ledger sound almost cute, Civil, with its reliance on cryptocurrency, is not without risks. They Left Public Radio to Try Their Fortunes on the Blockchain 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Besides, who needs narration when you’ve got such kooky romantic musical ditties as “This Cold War With You” and “Atom Bomb Baby” peppering the soundtrack? Review: 1982 documentary ‘The Atomic Cafe’ is back and kookier than ever 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z If you remember “Oliver!” as being cheery to a fault, you’re not far wrong: Mr. Bart’s galloping music-hall ditties and pretty-pretty ballads rarely do much more than nod toward the darkness of Dickens’s novel. ‘Twelfth Night’ and ‘Oliver!’ Reviews: Applause Outdoors and for Orphans 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “I’m so excited,” he said on his show Monday, grinning and breaking into a little ditty. Trevor Noah joked Africa won the World Cup. The French ambassador isn’t happy. 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z He bangs out a ditty called “My Whole Family Thinks I’m Gay”: “Maybe it’s ’cause of the way I walk / That makes them think that I like . . . boys.” Bo Burnham’s Age of Anxiety 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Available in three sizes for every part of camp, from clothing to kitchen to ditty kits. Beer, cards and stuff sacks: 5 little extras for camping season | Produced by Advertising Publications 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z As the ditty goes: One died, one survived, two de-wedded, two beheaded. How the Church of England has shifted on divorce, from Henry VIII to Meghan Markle 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It being Friday, and this blog being exceptionally Friday-ish, I find myself reminded of this charming little ditty about Friday from a few years back. Premier League final day countdown, play-offs and more – Friday football live! 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Indeed, Coupe's on-air ditty had sparked plenty of blowback by Tuesday. ‘Dark day for Sainsbury’s CEO’: The slow burn of a regrettable ‘hot mic’ moment 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z He maybe smart enough to remember the ditty, he certainly gets no points for paying $5.08 for a cup of coffee. Making Change 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Webster often sang the group’s “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” a whimsically sarcastic ditty. Funeral held for former bagpiper to queen of England 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He also began making money from publishing the nonsense poems and ditties he wrote for friends. Remembering Edward Lear, painter and poet 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Other whale songs are predictable and simple ditties repeated over and over throughout seasons or years, says study leader Kate Stafford, a marine biologist at the University of Washington. These Mysterious Whales Are the Jazz Musicians Of the Sea 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z Also, pay attention for another musical ditty with the cannibals of Terminus led by a singer who sounds oddly like Daniel Radcliffe. Blu-ray reviews: ‘The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special’ & ‘Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: The Flash’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z He maybe smart enough to remember the ditty, he certainly gets no points for paying $5.08 for a cup of coffee. Making Change 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z For Foster, the ultra-polished ditty was in a sense business as usual. David Foster on his return to producing and a recent invitation from Drake 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z When this baby-faced crooner broke out a few years ago with harmless ditties like "One Call Away" and "See You Again," he looked set to become Generation Z's Donny Osmond. The spring music preview includes Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monáe and Taylor Swift at the Rose Bowl 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Other games will be available on the AAF app, and perhaps additional streaming partners, bringing Hank Williams’ Monday Night Football ditty to mind, with a slight edit: SNYDER: Ready for a year-round, bottomless buffet of football? 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Back in the early days of jazz, dancers cut a rug to the ragtime ditty “The Shakespearean Rag.” Many shows in citywide Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare festival mix music and the Bard 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z So when she finishes her “little ditty” each year, she leaves her skates in Aspen, happy and content in her new life, and more than content with her place in history. Rosalynn Sumners’ 1984 Olympics disappointment is long gone, and life is golden for silver-medal figure skater 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “Extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits” was a catchy line in a partially rapped ditty released last year in praise of China’s plans for state-led investment abroad, the Belt and Road Initiative. Why hip-hop scares the Chinese Communist Party 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z And no wonder: "Putin" opens with grandly gloomy washes of strings and a sinister male choir before moving into a show-tune ditty with Mancini-esque flourishes of saxophone, mandolin, harp, triangle and bell. California Sounds: Watch videos by L.A. Grammy nominees Randy Newman, Aimee Mann, Tyler the Creator and more 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z The good-morning bit was standard fare, but Kelly also sang her own impromptu ditties throughout the day. Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least? 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z He’s legendary in song and story, the story being the 1936 Munro Leaf children’s book from whence he sprang, and the song being the delightful ditty celebrating him as “the bull with the delicate ego.” ‘Ferdinand’: Kids will get a sweet charge out of giant bull 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z On Sunday as we explored the area, our father sang the first line of a never-to-be finished ditty: ‘Let’s all go out and see the disaster, dressed in our Sunday best!’ Essential California: House GOP tax bill would end deductions for wildfire and earthquake victims 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z "He will burst into song, making up little ditties as he goes along," Richard says. Mealtimes reflect UK family life 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z That has not stopped Democrats in the Maryland General Assembly from trying to change lyrics to the state song, “Maryland, My Maryland,” a mid-19th-century ditty that calls on Maryland to join the Confederacy. Far From Dixie, Outcry Grows Over a Wider Array of Monuments 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z Wistfully, she sings a calypso-like wartime ditty that reflects the warmth many then felt: “Sam, my dear Uncle Sam, would you please come back to Guam,” it goes. Guam: Life on the Island Caught Between Trump and Kim 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z One was in her early 20s and so nervous she could barely sing her song — a ditty about wanting to “eat, eat, eat” but not get fat. How to make $100,000 a month in China, live-streaming your life 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Zhang Gang remembers that when he first heard the patriotic ditty he felt baffled. Why China’s Communists recognise just 56 ethnic groups 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z The low pay can deter specialized musicians from devoting 70 nights a year to hammering out ballpark ditties. Arkansas Travelers’ organist among last in the minor-league 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z But my top picks are “Six Days on the Road” by Dave Dudley and this little ditty from the Grateful Dead. California Inc.: Hogwarts at night is L.A.'s brightest new attraction 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Not that we should’ve expected laughs from a band with a song called “Isn’t Life Strange,” to name one of several leaden ditties the Moody Blues played from albums other than “Days of Future Passed.” The Moody Blues open the season — and flirt with self-parody — at the Hollywood Bowl 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Cassandra is under no illusions about the hollowness of army rhetoric, which trains soldiers to “liberate” the Iraqi people by “jogging in cadence to cute little ditties about slaughter”. A subtle novel of the war in Iraq 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z At one point, a singer led everyone in an improvised ditty — a clear departure from the traditional mariachi canon. A North American rivalry that goes way beyond NAFTA: Mexico and the U.S. go for the goals 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z God Save the Queen goes down pretty much as you’d expect; the lone piper’s blast of Flower of Scotland is deemed a much more acceptable ditty. Scotland v England: World Cup 2018 qualifier – live updates! 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z Hey, here’s a catchy little ditty to help you understand how a lie becomes the truth. Watch: Jimmy Kimmel spoofs ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ to explain alternative facts 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z She’d read that the song was one of Sigmund Freud’s favorites, and her idea was to reclaim a frothy ditty as an enraged critique. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Timeless Jazz 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z When it came down to it, Williams and York were credited as songwriters on every track with Davis only getting a credit on Interlude: Holiday, a 70-second banjo ditty. Paramore: ‘I've wanted to quit this band so many times’ 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z From a rap about cat-shaped frozen treats to a pop ditty about being a star, it’s no secret that “Steven Universe’s” original music is a large part of the show’s magic. An official 'Steven Universe' soundtrack is finally on the way 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z To that end, Jennifer composed an inspirational ditty, “sung to the obvious tune”: Perspective | Readers remember the strangeness, beauty and controversy of St. Elizabeths 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Well, they get better as they go along, the sing-songy ditties of the first act giving way to maudlin — but more substantial — ballads in the second. Review: Village musical proposes a new social order that isn’t really new 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z “He told amusing stories and sang little ditties,” Mr. Rockefeller recalled in 2002. David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z The ditty, replete with double entendre, was recorded in the UK in 1972. Chuck Berry's only number one: My ding-a-ling - BBC News 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z In “Mildenhall,” a lovely, country-style ditty on the Shins album, Mercer tells an uncharacteristically straightforward story about growing up the son of an Air Force officer who moved his family to England. Is indie rock built for middle age? Spoon and the Shins say yes 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z But for me, the mother of all rail raves is this fine ditty from the King. California Inc.: A new era is ready for takeoff at LAX 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The ditties sung in street parties, many of which date back to the 1930s, are an integral part of Brazil’s cultural canon. A politically correct Brazilian Carnival 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z The disco ditty “San Diego Super Chargers” would blare from the speakers. Spanos rips Chargers from San Diego, loyal fans’ hearts 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z The saxophonist played a ditty as everyone ran to their cars. The day I went hunting for the Ku Klux Klan | Dave Eggers 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z “I just want people to hear a ditty and carry it around after lunch and maybe help relieve people’s stress a bit,” he said. City rallies around popular street musician injured in fire 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z They dare you to watch them perform a few ditties without smiling. EXCHANGE: Barbershop quartet harmony to southern Illinois 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z “Let It Go” is a delightfully dulcet ditty, and other cuts to keep your ears open for are “The Other Side” and “Love Was All That Mattered.” Eric Clapton, Heart, Meat Loaf, Kings of Leon release new music 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z The Beach Boys had been doing well enough with ditties about surfing and hot-rodding when, in 1964, they released a real smash. ‘Are we there yet?’: on the road with Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Keyboardist Page McConnell appears to channel outsider musician Daniel Johnston in the refreshingly ragged ditty “Things People Do.” Music Review: Phish delivers uneven effort on ‘Big Boat’ 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z Comic Jan Boehmermann’s ditty described the Turkish leader as “stupid, cowardly and uptight” and contained crude references. Lawyer to file complaint in German probe over Erdogan poem 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z So as they sat at the first tee at the Ryder Cup in 2006, at the K Club in Ireland, Shuttleworth and friends came up with their first witty little ditty. Rival Ryder Cup Fans and Their Swinging Serenades 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Statistics would disagree with your amusing little ditty and remembrance of outliers. Stress May Counteract Effects of a Healthful Diet 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The subjects covered by the broadsides were wide-ranging, from the Peterloo Massacre and Manchester's Great Flood of 1872 to light-hearted ditties about henpecked spouses and gossipy songs about extramarital affairs. Broadside ballads: When the news was spread through song - BBC News 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z She found this little ditty on YouTube called "Can I Get a Box?" The song of the summer is Can I Get a Box? 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But like any good ditty, if you put it on repeat, it gets old real quick. Stop Playing 'Fight Song,' DNC 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “Oh no. Not again,” he says before the tiny beast dons a top hat and starts singing an old-timey ditty. Celebrity cameos aren’t funny anymore and they’re making movies worse 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Times baseball podcast, that I would pick that song as my ditty if given the choice. Angels mailbag: Pausing for a few days and answering some offbeat questions 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z For this year’s crater ceremony — one of numerous July 1 commemorations — Dunning said the bugler and bagpipers will play, and singers will perform the grim marching ditty “Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire.” Son of a bus mechanic preserves hallowed crater from WWI 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z He smiled as it was played and said he was familiar with the ditty but it wasn’t his inspiration. Jimmy Page testifies Stairway to Heaven chord sequence 'been around forever' 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z He smiled as it was played and said he was familiar with the ditty from “Mary Poppins” but it wasn’t his inspiration. The Latest: Page ends testimony in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ suit 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The quality of the ditty is such that all of us can relate. Mrs. Sprat’s Ultimate Demise at Katz’s Deli 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z There are a few songs on Thank You — the bluesy "Hopeless Romantic," the Jason Mraz-level ditty "Just a Friend to You" — that’d scan as completely unmemorable sung without her knack for vocal arrangement. Checking in with pop's B-list: Fifth Harmony, Ariana Grande, and Meghan Trainor 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z When they reprised the ditty midway through the first half it woke everyone up, because the contest was proceeding at a snail’s pace and United were beginning to prove their point. Aston Villa relegated from Premier League after defeat by Manchester United 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Expect to hear their popular ditty Rule The World if this triumphs. Grand National: Pinstickers' guide to Aintree runners & riders 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The rest of the album offers an expanse of moods, from the dreamy but propulsive “Waterfall” to the hard-driving “Paralysis” to the melancholy “Fantasy” and the bright pop ditty “Ring a Ring O’ Roses.” Premiere: James McCartney's 'Unicorn' from 'Blackberry Train' album 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z Kosher deli's delish, no matter the dish Mr Craft, your ditty's of genius strokes! Mrs. Sprat’s Ultimate Demise at Katz’s Deli 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z A popular rhyming ditty accurately describes the format: “The leaders are always busy, the people are perfectly healthy, the world outside China is extremely chaotic.” No news is bad news 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Only time will tell if this ditty becomes Trump's anthem on the campaign trail. 'Freedom Kids' Sing About Trump Crushing Enemies of the U.S. 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The father who penned a ditty for three young girls to sing about Donald Trump’s ability to crush America’s foes says he was inspired by the Republican frontrunner’s “great heart and brilliant mind.” This Guy Wrote Donald Trump's New Theme Song 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Some of his other ditties, such as ”The Dumpster Took My Love Away,” never gained much traction. 'Grandma got run over' catchy tune was no reindeer game for writer 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z If rookie Josh Lambo kicks a field goal, the disco ditty “San Diego Super Chargers” will blare from the one thing that still works well at the Q, the sound system. Chargers to play perhaps their final home game in San Diego 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It's perhaps one of the cheeriest country ditties ever written about drunken hook-ups, with Bryan and Fairchild tossing the lyrics back and forth as if they were tossing a football out back. American Music Awards coverage: Nicki Minaj, Ariana Grande win big as performances steal show 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z Roaring Twenties artifacts include photos of flappers and corpses riddled with bullet holes, sheet music for a ditty called “Alcoholic Blues” and a Tommy gun. A Museum of Cash, Guns and Gangsters in the East Village 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Then a trio of dancing white soldiers arrive, singing a chirpy, swing-inspired ditty. Review: Musical ‘Allegiance’ is heavy-handed missed chance 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z His father was fond of singing ditties and whistling tunes throughout the workday. A Love for Music and Singing, Undiminished by Parkinson’s 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The best school fight song — not the best parody of a fight song, but the best fight song — is this 2013 ditty from Weird Al Yankovic. Brace for the Nonstop Football League 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z But of course, like most football harangues, this well-worn little ditty is as one-eyed as it gets. A brief guide to … Chelsea's rivalry with Liverpool 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z But in this case City’s fans were effectively booing a ditty, a bit of branding, a piece of cod-operatic pre‑match incidental music. Manchester City fans should carry on booing but will Sheikh Mansour join in? | Barney Ronay 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z “Songwriter” is an intriguing, self-reflexive ditty on the process of artistic creation. Harry Connick Jr. new album ‘That Would Be Me’ a return to musician’s form 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Huffmon noted that during a stump speech in Greenville, South Carolina, Mr. Trump introduced a ditty about his hair being real. Donald Trump unscripted speeches increasingly follow formula 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z Newman quickly got a crash course in the history of copyright law – and the complex saga that had surrounded the famous ditty for more than 120 years. How the 'Happy Birthday' song was set free 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Of course, like most football harangues, this well-worn little ditty is as one-eyed as it gets. A brief guide to … Chelsea's rivalry with Liverpool 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Throughout the games, Mr. Freier trumpets a wide array of ditties to punctuate play on the field. The New Jersey Jackals’ Trumpet Guy 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Football will provide a respite, although fans will be wondering if this is a countdown to the day when the Chargers load the moving vans and the disco ditty “San Diego Super Chargers” falls silent. Stadium toxicity makes way for football as Bolts host Lions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z You listen to a limp acoustic ditty like “Something About Space Dude” and you shudder to think how many tedious late-night jam sessions went into the making of this record. 'Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz': A wrecking ball in need of a target 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z He wrapped up her little ditty in 1913 with this last verse: EXCHANGE: Labels make everyone a tree expert at Rock Springs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Movies and TV shows, for example, must pay royalties if they include the ubiquitous ditty. 'Happy Birthday' song could soon be free 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z It’s a spooky, sordid ditty, like a sleazy take on Hammer horror with its hammy synths and Cocker sounding like a dirty viscount. Pulp: 10 of the best 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Their last contribution to U.S. politics was the ditty “There’s no one as Irish as Barack Obama,” recorded in 2008. Inside the Beltway: Lindsey Graham to introduce Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z But just as the perfect pop song can be a simple three-minute ditty based on three chords, so the perfect goal may not have to feature a seven-minute guitar solo played behind the back. What makes the perfect goal? 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Four days later, Lane sang a corrosive ditty with lines like “I get no joy from all the joy I provide. I’m just like you, Dave—yeah, I’m dead inside.” David Letterman, Revolutionary 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Three tracks are acoustic versions of songs from the band’s album “Fragile Figures,” as well as a brand-new tune called “What’s Left of Us” — a pained ditty about lost love. New springtime CDs offer bouquet of tunes as fresh as the weather 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z As they train, the recruits sing Arabic and Kurdish ditties about a united Iraqi force waging war against IS. Mosul beckons 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Aline posted a mnemonic ditty on Johnson’s bedroom wall: “Use just a drop / Not a big blop! / Flap your hands dry / like a butterfly!” An Artist with Amnesia 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z That ditty has the distinction of being written by Montgomery County native Nils Lofgren . Meet the man who created the famous Mattress Discounters jingle 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The Pharrell Williams tune “Happy” and “Everything Is Awesome,” the infectious ditty from “The Lego Movie,” blared over the speakers. At Manischewitz, the Private Equity Owner Keeps Kosher 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But Coliseum fans soon retaliated with a ditty of their own, unveiled in the 1980-81 season, when the club was on its way to its four-year stretch of Stanley Cup dominance. Looking Back at the Rangers-Islanders Rivalry 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Yes, on the SoundCloud account of Carlos Chafin, the man who composed the catchy little ditty more than 30 years ago. For Riggs Bank music, a nice beat and you can open an account to it 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z Egyptian radio broadcast patriotic ditties amid praise for the “eagles of the army”. Libya’s new agony 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Even when the ditty won the International Song prize at the American Music Awards in November, it didn't portend an immediate massive breakthrough into the U.S. market. China ditty 'Little Apple' catches on 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z But about halfway through his ditty, you start to wonder who James is really serenading. ‘Song One’ movie review 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z A ditty called “I’m in Heaven in Hechinger’s” makes sense only if you remember the local hardware store. Mrs. Foggybottom, the onetime toast of D.C. cabaret shows, still in the theater biz 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z The little ditty precedes a shot of a missile blasting off. A North Korea Watcher Watches "The Interview" 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z That last ditty caught up to him recently. Mitch Unrein gets the best of Peyton Manning 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z And most decent people like to hear these ditties, even though they sense in their hearts that these ideals won’t work in the real world. The Trouble With Management Consultants 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z In the film, the two waltz and sing "CC the World," an original ditty by Williams. Katy Perry to headline Super Bowl halftime show 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z About 100 people were there, and perhaps a third of them appeared dressed for golf, maybe expecting to hear Irish ditties about green fields and whiskey on Sundays and the bustle of dear old Dublin. Black 47 to Perform Final Show in Midtown 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z From the TV show Modern Family to the classic Bowie song, Modern Love and the lesser known Sheena Easton ditty, Modern Girl, which just so happens to be on my iPod. Only One In Ten Marketers Are Modern 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z Tonight the band is Ex Hex and the song is “Hot and Cold,” a neo-glam ditty about a telepathic romance on the fritz. Ex Hex — ripping it up, starting again Or that the same racist slur is part of the original lyrics of a popular ditty more universally known as the ice cream truck song. (e)merge art fair at the Capitol Skyline Hotel Gurney’s charming ditty of a play has landed on Broadway with virtually none of the characteristics of what you might expect in a play. Review: Broadway’s ‘Love Letters’ is thin missive 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z This clip, which features the performers singing a little ditty called “The Obvious Song,” was part of a show called Take Me Out to the Balkans. Watch Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert Sing a Hilarious Song Together (20 Years Ago) 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z It’s almost subliminal: five notes create that instant recall of why the brand exists, as opposed to just a musical ditty that gets under you skin. Great Minds On Music: An Interview With Creative Chief Mark Tutssel On Audio Brands 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Scenes are intercut with cute little ditties as adorable animation flits across the screen. ‘What If’ movie review: The "Dear Leader" croons about his pain in an equally painful broken English ditty. A look at North Korea send-ups in pop culture 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Now is this the best campaign ditty ever? Rep. Charles Rangel is hoping to dance his way to an Election Day victory The museum also includes an ode to composer Scott Joplin, who once wrote a ditty called "Searchlight Rag." Small desert town will remember Harry Reid even after he moves on 2014-06-21T04:00:00Z Nothing gets your foot tapping like a little ditty about congressional procedure. In the Loop: Will this be a nominations hearing or a Bowe Bergdahl vent fest? The Algerian national anthem is quite an upbeat ditty but is pretty repetitive. Every 2014 World Cup national anthem reviewed by a pop star! 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Howard opened an archival box full of bags and pulled out a non-bag: sheet music for the World War I-era ditty “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile.” Why would someone collect nearly 10,000 bags? To create the Museum of Bags, of course. Still, it was hard not to see something more than a catchy ditty between the lines of their entry, Shine: Austria’s Conchita Wurst Wins Eurovision Song Contest 2014-05-11T13:11:37Z Granted, it is only meant as a brief musical soliloquy, but Koenig’s recent Academy Awards performance of “The Moon Song” with Karen O proves that he’s capable of launching a little ditty into the stratosphere. REVIEW: Provocatively Titled White Women Album Proves Chromeo Is Back 2014-05-09T13:30:35Z Their argument escalated until Nura sang a dirty little ditty about who snuck into where, and both of the women laughed. Lyudmila Ulitskaya: “The Fugitive.” 2014-05-05T04:00:00Z The first published music about the game was a ditty called “Baseball Polka,” published in sheet music form in 1858. Baseball’s greatest songs: 27 perfect songs, from Springsteen, Dylan and more 2014-03-29T15:00:00Z As a consequence, an old ditty might reasonably be recast like so: First comes love, then comes marriage, then come lawsuits with the baby carriage. Retro Report: Baby M and the Question of Surrogate Motherhood 2014-03-23T22:00:58Z A folk singer with the People’s Liberation Army, Peng attained the rank of major general and was known for warbling rousing socialist ditties like “People From Our Village.” Michelle Obama Tours Beijing With China’s First Lady 2014-03-21T12:01:38Z Ten minutes later, as he departed, Boehner started to sing a ditty. A cornered Boehner delivers debt-limit decision to silent House Republicans 2014-02-12T00:09:53Z From the same stage, activists also perform ditties set to Ukrainian folk tunes, mocking top government officials as well as Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine protests: Singing in the cold 2013-12-20T17:44:57Z This charming Dr. Seuss parody on the science of taste reminded me of a wonderful physics-themed ditty penned by pal James Riordon back in 2005: “Young Albert E and the Miracle Year.” Physics Week in Review: November 16, 2013 2013-11-16T22:45:00.330Z She spoke in her own loopy foreign languages and sang the dirty French ditty about a big banana that she performed at Joan Crawford’s wedding in Paris. A Parade Passing By? Not Likely 2013-08-30T22:18:22Z He muses about the calming effect of a popular rock ‘n’ roll ditty in Icelandic. Off the Shelf: In ‘Story of My People,’ Recalling an Industry (and Way of Life) 2013-08-10T21:08:05Z Will my preschooler savor green beans if I start framing the border of his plate with them or if we sing a ditty in their honor before digging in? Well: Rituals Make Our Food More Flavorful 2013-08-09T04:01:37Z Every pop song, symphony, jingle, ditty, and aria in the Western World starts with just twelve notes in the chromatic scale. Creativity: How Constraints Drive Genius 2013-07-12T17:32:00Z Think about it: “Happy Birthday to You” is one of those universally known ditties that somehow never manages to be heard in movies or TV shows, even when the plot involves a birthday. Happy Birthday to Shhhh! Alternatives to That Song 2013-06-14T16:42:41Z Yes, “Good News!” is the show that added “The Best Things in Life Are Free” to the great American songbook, along with “Lucky in Love,” “The Varsity Drag” and the title ditty. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Good News!’ in East Haddam 2013-05-18T06:02:50Z Each time, he actively tweeted a response that changed the subject to another Chicago team, ditties like this: “How about those Bulls!!!”Why would Briggs do that? Briggs' tweets send misguided message 2013-04-30T15:42:00Z You’ll find gramophones dotted about Columbia playing these anachronistic ditties, Stop a moment and listen when you do—some of them are just teriffic. 'BioShock: Infinite' Review (part 2) 2013-04-06T03:42:43Z For example, there was the little upbeat ditty they sang in December 2011 to raise more money from the sale of both bonds and equity. Sprint/Clearwire Sing Way Off Key From Same Page In The Softbank Hymnal 2013-01-02T17:15:03Z He crafted his simple ditty to set himself apart from the competition at his fish stall in London’s Upton Park neighborhood. The Month's Best Viral Videos 2013-01-01T10:55:00Z The most memorable is an earnest, homemade tape of Harvard University’s baseball team lip-synching to the ditty in a van on a long drive to a game. Top 10 Fleeting Celebrities of 2012 2012-12-29T05:25:00Z "The reaction has been phenomenal," said Daniel B. George, the hooded character in the video who is also the composer of the ditty, in a telephone interview. India Ink: What Man Santa: Holiday Cheer From Mumbai's Bandra 2012-12-19T06:49:18Z As The Ohio Capital Blog reported, Mr. Springsteen, channeling Woody Guthrie, played a ditty inspired by the Obama campaign slogan, "Forward." The Lede Blog: Campaigns Turn to Stars to Get Out the Vote 2012-11-06T21:48:13Z One of the ditties she warbled five years ago on Chinese television featured Tibetans thanking the Chinese military for liberating them—and, rather less dramatically, for helping them wash their clothes. As China Readies for Transition, a Spike in Tibetan Self-Immolations 2012-10-29T17:05:22Z Topics: Poetry, This week readers sent up the generally well-reviewed Democratic convention in five line ditties. Salon limerick contest 2012-09-11T22:40:00Z Expect surreal visual juxtapositions as he sings "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," the jaunty but sardonic ditty from the film "Monty Python's Life of Brian." Rule Britannia: Olympic closing ceremony explained 2012-08-12T20:06:13Z “Nuts about the Nats is a refreshing, and hopefully timeless, little ditty.” The Nats are playing ‘Nuts About the Nats’ 2012-08-03T16:36:29Z There were street-traders' rhymes; ditties about love, war, crime and punishment; ballads about the river Thames – songs that carried all the pride and the fervour of living in this great city. London's unique and glorious music scene is unlike any other city's 2012-07-26T19:30:00Z By the way, Sundhage said her "Have a Little Faith in Me" ditty shouldn't be seen as an egomaniacal plea to believe in the coach. Early start for US women's soccer team at Olympics 2012-07-24T15:07:11Z Steve Francis found himself in the news, or at least in blog news, this Spring thanks to the official video for his rap ditty, “Finer Things.” Steve Francis talks music, basketball, wields giant scissors 2012-06-04T14:10:02Z Some of the ditties that were sung were good, and some of them very bad; but almost all were coarse, and the one that was least so was the following:-- SONG. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z I doubt not that such a youth as you are, will easily find a love ditty in your heart, though the present inspiration be no better than an old woman. Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:35.290Z She has certainly some delightful ditties to sing. The Secrets of a Savoyard 2012-04-08T02:00:19.727Z And now, Meg, clear thy throat and tune thy pipe, for not another word will I speak till thou hast sung that ditty good Mr. Martin set to music for thee.' The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His homely and wise ditties are illustrated by pictures of curious simplicity. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Their favorite ditty was the round “Three Blind Mice” and they sang also many good old campmeeting songs. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z This is not a new technique: decades back America’s Burma-Shave touted its brushless shaving cream with witty ditties such as: “No lady likes to dance or dine accompanied by a porcupine.” Shaving start-ups: Blade runners 2012-03-29T15:03:29Z They were sitting in a momentary silence, when a boy passed the window chanting a ditty at the top of his voice. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Lean’d her breast against a thorn; And there sung the dolefull’st ditty, That to hear it was great pity. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Green Dragon," the following ditty was composed: "Rally Mohawks! bring out your axes, And tell King George we'll pay no taxes On his foreign tea. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z The boys sang some rollicking college ditties, and the phonograph, brought out on the porch, discoursed such music as was not commonly heard in that remote region. The Motor Girls in the Mountains or, The Gypsy Girl's Secret 2012-03-07T03:00:15.897Z Mr. Punch's Poet does them deliberately and in cold blood, being convinced that without these somewhat daring concords, no ditty would have the slightest chance of satisfying the great ear of the Music-hall public. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z —I am nearly an octogenarian, consequently I ought to have something better, and humbly hope I have something better, to employ my thoughts than relics of old ditties and forgotten rhymes. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 104, October 25, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-20T03:00:18.340Z A single line at the close of a ditty in his “Jew of Malta” parallels with the first line of this, except the first word: “Shall live with me and be my love.” Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z None but a ninny-hammer would look for sober truth in a ditty. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z Then came a vigorous pull at the bell, followed by subdued whistling of the air of this apposite but vulgar ditty. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z A powerful,—though not necessarily tuneful,—voice is desirable for the adequate rendering of this ditty; any words it is inconvenient to sing, can always be spoken. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z I do not believe that in the two thousand years which have elapsed since that time there has been a single note altered in their love ditty. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z The seat for your disport shall be Over some river in a tree; Where silver sands and pebbles sing Eternal ditties with the Spring. Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z A grave good man, of all respected, but sad for loss of a dear daughter, and loveth my psaltery: not giddy-paced ditties, but holy harmonies such as Cul de Jatte made wry mouths at. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z So runs the ditty which was in all careless mouths to-day. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z This ditty is designed to give some expression to the passionate enthusiasm for nature which is occasionally observable in the Music-hall songstress. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z And he began to whistle a light-hearted ditty. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z “Where silver sands and pebbles sing Eternal ditties with the Spring.” Bacon and Shakspere 2012-03-14T02:00:24.313Z Oh, for a dose of Tomoy�'s spirit,--of the unbending pluck of the militant grandam concerning whom the samurai were always trolling ditties. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z One of their favourite ditties, "Mary housemaid," always brings down the house. Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 2012-02-12T03:00:13.210Z In most respects, no doubt, the present example can boast no superiority to ditties in the same style now commanding the ear of the public. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch 2012-03-06T03:00:20.097Z A couple of martial and patriotic ditties remained in her memory; she gave them one, and excited enthusiasm. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z As I approached the cottage door, my attention was arrested by a low, mournful voice, singing in sad and subdued tones, a ditty which seemed the spontaneous outpouring of a wounded spirit. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z She said after a row he left her 25 voicemail messages, including a "ditty", begging forgiveness. Clifford talks of media 'cancer' 2012-02-09T15:27:14Z Children sing insulting verses after him in the street, especially that pious ditty:— "Get away with you, Protestants, Out of our Catholic Spain, That the Sacred Heart, the Sacred Heart, May love our land again." Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z An old man with a gray beard sat on a ditty box at the lee rail, sewing a pair of breeches. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Mr. Wogan caught a name he knew in this ditty, and knocking hastily in the manner usual and arranged, was admitted. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z "Every thing did banish moan, Save the nightingale alone: She, poor bird, as all forlorn, Leaned her breast up-till a thorn, And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, That to hear it was great pity." Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 100, September 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-01-25T03:00:37.190Z His ditty concluded, Alan entered the church, taking care to leave the door slightly ajar, in order to facilitate his grandson’s entrance. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z From the Rose Parlour came the strains of the piano, where Lilian was wailing a melancholy little ditty with keen enjoyment. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z And now, poor fellow, when it is too late, he sorely laments his situation, for, having lost a leg, he wanders p. 58with some of his companions, and joins in their mournful ditty. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z The former was used as an accompaniment to the singing of either love ditties and popular songs or more especially in recital or heroic ballads and epic songs; the latter for dances and other amusements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" 2012-01-11T03:00:20.463Z The princesses listened, and heard that it was a love ditty addressed to themselves. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z I have sung to please you, my love; now, if you have leisure, I would beg your attention a moment to a little ditty that pleases myself. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) 2012-01-10T03:00:15.980Z The child was pleased with the gift, took it up from where it had rolled on the ground at her feet, and soon began another of her wild little ditties. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z Thine image, fair city, Smiles fair in the sea,— A youth sings a pretty Song, tempered with glee,— The mirth and the ditty Are mournful to me. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z They sang a long, rather 489melancholious ditty, and then retired, without there appearing to be the slightest connection between this and the following scene. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-03T03:00:07.630Z The lady was silent for a moment, then she said, with a melancholy smile: "It is not a very mirthful ditty, Duke." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z A well-known sailor’s ditty tells in rude popular rhymes the same story of the wandering mariner’s return home, to find himself forsaken and forgotten; and it frequently occurs in the folklore of the crusades. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z This fine and interesting ditty, as we then thought it, came into my head that day when the F�ng Shui steamed into the harbour. In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z Are these lines the production of Walter Scott, as they are generally supposed to be; or are they really the fragment of an old ditty? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 93, August 9, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2011-12-20T03:00:34.177Z Page 284: "ditto" was changed to "ditty" in the phrase: "... it was a romping ditty...." What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z From the molten golden notes, And all in tune, What a liquid ditty floats To the turtle dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Ecclesiastical Curiosities 2011-12-13T03:00:24.507Z Yes, and he often made the decks of the saucy old Thunderbolt ring with Dibdin’s heroic ditties. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z I went on playing; my friend, to keep the singing up, howled out some rustic ditties in a bold voice, which was however, I am bound to say, even less agreeable than the Canon's. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Others planting themselves in the court, would be singing some tender ditty with their noses turned aloft. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z This song, in particular, is just a pleasant ditty talking about math in everyday life. The Geek Playlist: Math Edition 2011-12-09T19:21:54Z Well may the ploughman seek, by chanting old-time ditties, to avoid utter vacuity of mind. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z None other than that sweet sentimental ditty, "Be kind to the loved ones at home." The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z He is a blind man squalling out a ditty, and thrumming on a puppy in his lap instead of a theorbo. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Sweetly did Mukunda sing the above ditty, which made the Master's heart burst, as the emotions of penitence, melancholy, rapture, frolicsomeness, pride, and humility struggled with it. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z |
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