Mondegreen-misheard lyrics

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The term mondegreen for misheard lyrics comes from this. It originated from Sylvia Wright's mishearing of the "Oh, they have slain the Earl of Morray and laid him on the green" from the Scottish folk song, The Bonny Earl Of Morray as "Oh, they have slain the Earl of Morray and Lady Mondegreen".
well my favorate one is:'Scuse me while I kiss this guy ...The correct lyric from Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze is 'scuse me while I kiss the sky'.

Maj · Accepted Answer

Lol. That is a funny one.

Deepa · Answer

hey maj did you ever misheard any? by the way how was your christmas party?

Bubr · Answer

Try this, I hope it still works.

http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/PennyLane/mislyrics.html

'She's got a chicken to ride', 'Living is easy with nice clothes', 'Jojo was a man who thought he was a woman', 'Please please me oh yeah I've got new shoes' etc.

Maj · Answer

That is a funny site, Burb. (y)

Bubr · Answer

Glad you like it. By the way, I found this site on trying to google something about 'Goo-goo-ga-joob!'

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