Dindy dandy sugar de candy

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  • Vincent d'Indy: (1851 – 1931) French composer
  • dandy: fop; very fine
  • "Handy spandy Jack-a-dandy" : a nursery rhyme
         Handy spandy Jack-a-dandy
         Loves plum cake and sugar candy,
         He bought some at the grocers shop
         And out he came, hop, hop, hop.
  • sugar candy:a confection made by boiling pure sugar until it hardens.
  • "Charlie likes whisky, Charlie likes brandy, Charlie likes kissing girls -- O sugar-de-candy:" London children;s street chant; Douglas: London Street Games 40