derry-down

And so saying, he reached the harp, and entertained his guest with the following characteristic song, to a sort of derry-down chorus, appropriate to an old English ditty. 23

Ivanhoe 2004

Country squires, when kept indoors by stress of bad weather, will experience much relief in a hunting-song, while young gentlemen of the town will perhaps prefer an old English derry-down.

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence

And so saying, he reached the harp, and entertained his guest with the following characteristic song, to a sort of derry-down chorus, appropriate to an old English ditty.

Ivanhoe 1892

And so saying, he reached the harp, and entertained his guest with the following characteristic song, to a sort of derry-down chorus, appropriate to an old English ditty.

Ivanhoe. A Romance 1819

And so saying, he reached the harp, and entertained his guest with the following characteristic song, to a sort of derry-down chorus, appropriate to an old English ditty.

Ivanhoe Walter Scott 1801

“I for one don’t find any derry-down tart in the dialogue.”

Killer Dolphin Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 1966