Results

Definition of ditty : 1. A saying or utterance; especially, one that is short and frequently repeated; a theme.
2. A song; a lay; a little poem intended to be sung.
3. To sing; to warble a little tune.

Synonyms:

sweetness, harmoniousness, theme, tunefulness, euphony, motive, consonance, concord

concert, arrangement, ballad, air, ballet, instrumental, chorus, psalm, carol, composition, music, harmony, lyric, jazz, quartet, bebop, tune, melody, syncopation, score, hymn, symphony, lullaby, song, blues, sonata, concerto, aria, vocalization, serenade

Usage examples:

• Malice or humour, in the early days, expressed itself in what were called pipes- a ditty, either taught by repetition or circulated on scraps of paper: the offences of official men were thus hitched into rhyme. - "The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)", John West.
• And my first musical efforts, when I was just ten months old, were to try to sing this ditty in imitation of my negro mammy. - "Memoirs of an American Prima Donna", Clara Louise Kellogg.
• It was that kind of addition to the general gloom that, at first, would fire O'Flynn to raise his own spirits, at least, by roaring out an Irish ditty. - "The Magnetic North", Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond).