Not much of a ditty to argue over, one might think.

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On first listen, the song could be mistaken for a whimsical ditty, with its pop theme of angst-ridden love.

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Lyrically, this is a simple ditty keyed to 17 title repetitions, but its emotional complexity is how rock 'n' roll songwriting works.

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Beneath the surface is this scary little ditty: A German bond auction failed today.

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He played the digit-ditty on a variety of fashionably humble instruments, from accordion and ukulele to toy glockenspiel.

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Custom's latest hit song is an obnoxious ditty about a punk surfer kid sassing the dad of the girl he's dating.

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But for Kennedy, now 55 and a mother of three grown children, there's a deeper meaning to that irreverent ditty.

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And when you are bored (and believe me you soon will be) by that hamster ditty there's even a site to make it go away.

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