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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ditty/ˈdɪti/

▶noun (pl. ditties) a short simple song.

– origin ME: from OFr. dite ‘composition’, from L. dictatum ‘something dictated’, from dictare ‘to dictate’.

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