dally-deedle-do-do

Updated: May 10, 2025

At times he sang his calls in high nasal chant, "First lady lead to the right, deedle, deedle dum-dum gent foller after dally-deedle-do-do three hands round" and everybody laughed with frank enjoyment of his words and action. It was a joy to watch him "start the set." With fiddle under his chin he took his seat in a big chair on the kitchen table in order to command the floor.

Hamlin Garland - A Son of the Middle Border