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Synonyms:
- bebop, chorus, jazz, lullaby, music, ballad, epic, harmoniousness, harmony, tunefulness, blues, sonata, carol, quartet, arrangement, symphony, concord, epigram, consonance, elegy, motive, concerto, concert, cycle, vocalization, air, tune, serenade, aria, doggerel, sweetness, euphony, ballet, blank verse, theme, lay, instrumental, hymn, lyric, score, vocal, jingle, free verse, melody, syncopation, psalm, song, composition
Examples:
- - So saying, he sung out a few lines of a forecastle ditty, at the top of his voice:- " They sailed from the Bay of St Peter, Five hundred and fifty on board; And we were all ready to meet her- Conquer or die was the word." - "Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX", Alexander Leighton
- - No love- ditty this; no yet holier lesson to patience, and moral to hope. - "Lucretia, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- - The ditty always begins on a high note, and goes quavering irregularly downwards, with infinite twirls, shakes, and prolonged notes, these being sung to the exclamation " Ay!" - "Spanish Life in Town and Country", L. Higgin and Eugène E. Street
