Mondegreens
May 12, 2018 14:24:20 #
Misheard utterances (usually in the form of song lyrics) are called mondegreens. Into the ears and out of the lips of young'uns, here are some mondegreens:
My body lies over the ocean.
Hold, hold on the reins.
I come from Alabama with a Band-Aid on my knee.
Olive, the other reindeer.
That save a wrench like me.
When a man loves a walnut.
One Erection (name of a band).
Glory, Glory hardly knew ya.
Barney's the king of Israel.
Harold be thy name.
...and lead us not into Penn Station.
Silent night, hold me tight.
My body lies over the ocean.
Hold, hold on the reins.
I come from Alabama with a Band-Aid on my knee.
Olive, the other reindeer.
That save a wrench like me.
When a man loves a walnut.
One Erection (name of a band).
Glory, Glory hardly knew ya.
Barney's the king of Israel.
Harold be thy name.
...and lead us not into Penn Station.
Silent night, hold me tight.
May 12, 2018 14:44:14 #
The mental image evoked by "Knights in White Satin" was vaguely disturbing.
May 12, 2018 23:20:45 #
Maybe the most famous mondegreen: "Scuse me while I kiss this guy" from Purple Haze. It became so well know that Hendrix actually sang it that way sometimes, with a laugh and a gesture towards Noel Redding.
May 13, 2018 07:28:51 #
Most famous mondegreen, which gives is the word: " They slayed the Earl of Murray, and laid him on the green," (Lady Mondegreen)
May 13, 2018 08:16:38 #
Also well-known, from Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, "the girl with colitis goes by" (the girl with kaleidoscope eyes).
May 13, 2018 08:32:54 #
And let us not forget the Robin Hood song with the phrase "Riding Trudy Glenn", which was spoken off a while back here on UHH. I know that having read that lyric, I cannot forget it. Thanks, whom every youse are.
May 13, 2018 08:33:34 #
And let us not forget the Robin Hood song with the phrase "Riding Trudy Glenn", which was spoken off a while back here on UHH. I know that having read that lyric, I cannot forget it. Thanks, whom every youse are.
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May 13, 2018 09:58:08 #
badapple
Loc: Twin Lake, Michigan
My wife and I always heard "and donuts make make your brown eyes blue".
May 13, 2018 11:49:30 #
There was always some sympathy for that oddly named, ocularly-challenged ursine referred to in church: 'Gladly, the cross-eyed bear.' Poor old Gladly probably missed more often than not when trying to snatch pic-a-nic baskets.
May 13, 2018 12:11:47 #
bobbyjohn wrote:
Misheard utterances (usually in the form of song l... (show quote)
The Eagles' song "Heartache Tonight" --- I always heard There's gonna be a Party Tonight, a Party Tonight I know! Actually it works pretty well like this also.
May 13, 2018 12:23:51 #
Amielee
Loc: Eastern Washington State
Had a friend that insisted it was “give me a home where the buffalo roam and the dear little antelope play.”
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