Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: evansakes Date: 08 Jul 08 - 04:23 AM Someone was asking above about the 80's Maxell advert featuring Desmond Dekker's 'Me Israelite'. Mondegreens a-plenty (and VERY funny) "Me ears are alight" There was another similar one featuring the Skids' 'Into The Valley'...not so successful because the original lyrics made even less sense than the Mondegreen version |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: iancarterb Date: 08 Jul 08 - 01:04 AM So does "Gladly, the Cross-eyed Bear" qualify as a mondegreen? It is, after all, the identical sound to the line in the hymn... |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Joe_F Date: 07 Jul 08 - 09:44 PM I gather that children in various northeastern cities have innocently prayed Lead us not into Penn Station but some naughty ones have improved that to Lead a snot into Penn Station. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: dick greenhaus Date: 07 Jul 08 - 09:44 PM Lead On, Thou Kinky Turtle (King Eternal). And don't forget the fat guy...Round John Virgin |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Lord Batman's Kitchener Date: 07 Jul 08 - 05:19 PM José can you see by the dawn's early light |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Tootler Date: 07 Jul 08 - 05:16 PM When I was in the scouts we used to sing (To the tune of Frere Jacques) Life is butter, Life is butter, Melon cauliflower, Melon cauliflower Life is butter melon, Life is butter melon, Cauliflower, Cauliflower. And a personal one "Fiddler's green is a place I've heard tell Where fishermen go if they don't go to Hull." Geoff |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,lefthanded guitar Date: 07 Jul 08 - 01:38 PM Appropriate for this past weekend is: My country is a tree. Sweet land of liberty... ****************************** And my own personal one, that probably only folks from Lawn Guyland will get is: We danced all night at Roosevelt Field |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Joe Offer Date: 07 Jul 08 - 12:26 PM I see in today's Chicago Tribune that the word "mondegreen" has been accepted into the latest edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Truly, this is a significant step forward for the world of folk music, to have such an important concept accepted into the dictionary. By the way, Wikipedia has quite an article on Mondegreens. Merriam-Webster even has a Website for collecting Mondegreens. They'll reveal their favorites July 25. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: SouthernCelt Date: 25 Mar 07 - 08:35 AM >>From Guest, Bob Coltman: "...rockets, bombs and all those other bits of ordnance we Americans can't wean ourselves off." I believe you'll find that this ordnance was being fired by the British against American fortifications in America. Besides, what's wrong with spending a little quality time with a something like a World War II .30 cal air-cooled machine gun to thank it for its service? SC |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Declan Date: 24 Mar 07 - 08:41 AM I heard someone last year singing "Fair thee well sweet amber Liffey" in Dublin in the rare aul' times. While the Liffey can sometimes be quite colourful, the correct line is "Fair thee well sweet Anna Liffey". There have been a couple of great monedgreens in current threads. The Ride on thread was originally started by someone looking for an Irish song about a horse called "Sea Dew" - Ride on Sea Dew, I could never go with you no matter how I wanted to. In the "When I was a cowboy" thread Leadbellies "Oh de hardes' battle" became Odi, Hart and Spanner - the names of three cowboy heroes. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Snuffy Date: 18 Mar 05 - 10:45 AM Is that the Canadian version, Ray? |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: BanjoRay Date: 17 Mar 05 - 08:22 PM Oh let the prairie echo.... God Bless the Prince of Walesssss!!! (with gusto) Ray |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Dave Earl Date: 17 Mar 05 - 05:53 AM Is it or isn't it? From the song Glorious Ale "Some folks likes radishes, some cur like (curly) kale" Dave Earl |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Mingulay at work Date: 17 Mar 05 - 03:50 AM "I'd like to teach the world to sing and furny shit with love" Sung by the child chorus of the Stamford Pantomime in the early 70's. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Leadfingers Date: 16 Mar 05 - 07:04 PM Mr Red - Consider your wrist slapped for that one !! |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Mr Red Date: 16 Mar 05 - 06:48 PM http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml I wonder if they have the Wurlitzer song? |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 16 Mar 05 - 06:38 PM Happy to correct my earlier entry...Sylvia Wright's "The Death of Lady Mondegreen" appeared in Harper's Magazine in 1954. It convulsed our house and touched off a gonzo correspondence between my mother and my aunt that lasted six months before they ran out of gas. I've remembered one more of Sylvia Wright's originals: "Haffely, gaffely, gaffely, gonward," the opening line of Charge of the Light Brigade. (It was a heavy brigade when Sylvia got through with it.) The related but separate category of Spoonerisms ought to be easier to research. One I remember supposed to be by the originator, Rev. Spooner (legend says he couldn't help it...dysverbia?) was "Kinquering congs their tatles tike." I did a search trying to see if there was any e-text version of "The Death of Lady Mondegreen" on the web. The article's sideslittingly written (Okay, I'll let that typo stand.) and well worth reading. The best existing Mondegreen site on the web seems to be: http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/mondegreens.shtml It has some of Sylvia's original mondegreens and a whole bunch more others have thought up since. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 12 Feb 05 - 08:46 PM What's her name? |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Celtaddict Date: 12 Feb 05 - 01:54 PM During a recent shantysing with Liam Clancy and the Makem Brothers, in Stan Rogers' "Barrett's Privateers" a man near me (in blonde braids) clearly sang "I was told we'd screw the cheese for American gold . . ." I did not mis-hear, he mis-spoke, but I suspect neither of us will hear the song correctly for some time. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Bob Coltman Date: 12 Feb 05 - 09:59 AM Sylvia Wright was the daughter of Austin Tappan Wright, who wrote Islandia. "The Death of Lady Mondegreen" first appeared in an article in the New Yorker around 1951?. Later it was collected in her book Get Away From Me With Those Christmas Gifts, which should be available on Abe if you want to read a whoppin' funny article. I don't have the book any more, but I still recall one of the other mondegreens: Round John Virgin, who appears in Silent Night right next to the mother and child. The Donzerly Light, from the second line of the National Ant Theme, illuminating all those flags, rockets, bombs and all those other bits of ordnance we Americans can't wean ourselves off. And I don't know if anybody mentioned it yet, but my mother used to love an early animal friend, Gladly, the Crosseyed Bear. She also remembered one of the old Spoonerisms: I am not as drunk as some thinkle may peep, which also appears in other variants. Ours was a punning family, we lived by this stuff. Maybe that's why my mind is so unhinged today. I'll have to google that mondegreen site. Yes, as someone said earlier, Lady Mondegreen didn't die alongside of Earl Amoray. She was just very, very sick. Bob |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: The Fooles Troupe Date: 12 Feb 05 - 07:26 AM Shouldn't the last one have been submitted by Bill the Collie? |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Snuffy Date: 12 Feb 05 - 07:13 AM And her hairy tongue over her shoulder Tied up in a black velvet band Sing choirs of angels, sing in Exhall station |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Bill the Collie Date: 11 Feb 05 - 08:34 AM Last line of jolly good fellow: "And so say all a fuss" |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Bill the Collie Date: 11 Feb 05 - 08:32 AM And lead us not into Temple Meads Station |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Linda Goodman Zebooker Date: 11 Feb 05 - 08:01 AM As a kid I always heard the last line of "He's a Jolly Good Fellow" as, "Which nobody candy nigh" and I wondered WHY can't they have candy now? (Nobody can deny) |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Linda Goodman Zebooker Date: 11 Feb 05 - 07:56 AM I remember reading many years ago about a child reciting The Lord's Prayer, "and forgive them their trashbaskets..." |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST Date: 11 Feb 05 - 06:31 AM At last, the answer to the question, what is God's full name? Answer: Aled Wishart. Our father Wishart in Heaven Aled be thy name Presumably God is half Scotch and half Welsh The Scots, who keep the Sabbath and everything else they can lay their hands on The Welsh, who pray on their knees and their neighbours Or possibly Harold Wishart |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Cool Beans Date: 10 Feb 05 - 03:24 PM My daughters were very impressed with the accomplishments of Davy Crockett who "built him a bar when he was only 3." That's what I get for livin' in the suburbs. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Mr Happy Date: 10 Feb 05 - 02:34 PM a guy at the sessh last nite sang 'me & u & a dog name boo' there was a line: 'another tank of gas & i'm back on the road again' i could clearly hear an audience member singing along 'another attack of gas & i'm back on the road again' |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Snuffy Date: 03 Jul 03 - 09:35 AM From Sailor's Prayer With Judy Lee all on my knee And in my ear a lion ... Oh Lord above, send down a dove With beakers sharp as razors .... |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,BDog Date: 03 Jul 03 - 08:59 AM From Sammy's Bar:- And my real love, she was there There was sandal in her hair. Brian |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Schantieman Date: 02 Jul 03 - 09:07 AM And then there's the carol we sing in our school choir every Christmas which refers to 'highly flavoured gravy' for 'highly favoured lady'. Gloria. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar Date: 02 Jul 03 - 07:21 AM b'ism'Illah (my attempted transcription), more commonly spelt bismillah = "in the name of God". Religion is a rich source of mondeverdure. Did anyone mention the pre-Vatican II Confiteor used in the Latin Mass? Every Irish altarboy converted "mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa" into "I'm a cowboy, I'm a cowboy, I'm a Mexican cowboy". The switch to Mass in English gave us the more blasphemous "This is Mi-Wadi" (a foul concoction of sugar, artificial flavours and colouring agents of a broadly orange disposition) for the consecration. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: the lemonade lady Date: 02 Jul 03 - 06:19 AM My daughter was singing 'Miss Miller, NO, I will not let you go...' for (I think these are the words) 'Bish Millah, no, I will not let you go...' Bo Rapsody Heman or maybe I'm confussled too! Sal |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Dave H Date: 25 Jun 03 - 03:34 PM Funny, that's what my friend Harold said too. I told him to clean his ears out. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: JennyO Date: 25 Jun 03 - 11:32 AM Actually, it's Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Harold be thy name. (after my uncle Harold, of course) |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Dave Hollowood Date: 25 Jun 03 - 11:28 AM Funny I've always regarded The Lord's Prayer as a rather "personal" benediction. Our Father, Who art in Heaven, Hollowood be thy name. It's always given me comfort {LoL} |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST Date: 24 Jun 03 - 06:21 PM what about " i boldy steped up to her and gave her ass a prize" ?? |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST,Catfish's moustache. Date: 12 Apr 03 - 12:47 PM There is a book called "'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" which is filled with popular song lyrics which have been Mondegreened (?). The children's author / illustrater Robert McClosky, in one of his best stories about Homer Price, has a character who is the romantic desire of two of the men of Centerburg. Her name is the ambiguous Miss Terwilliger. (I would reccomend Homer Price as an enjoyable read for any Mudcatters, regardless of their age.) |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: GUEST Date: 12 Apr 03 - 11:36 AM last night at an andy m. stewart concert he sang wi' gallant murray in the first half of the show....well during the break a couple of women were talking to him...asking why the soldiers in the song put a white rose in their bottom...he went huh? what song is this? you know the one where they put a white rose in the bottom...why did they? he went on to say that a white rose was a symbol of the jacobites...but still he was clueless on what they were on about..then it dawned...he said oh it's not bottom...it's BON-NET...the poor ladies started cracking up more...and they said they were picturing a bunch of kilted lads bending over to show white roses sticking out of they're butts waving in the wind... |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Gurney Date: 25 Mar 03 - 06:09 AM In Scotland, I found, the clan Wishart are not very fond of the first line of the Lord's Prayer, but it gives them confidence.... Sorry, think Protestant, not Catholic. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Dave Bryant Date: 25 Mar 03 - 05:49 AM Sorry messed up that link, try here. Do any Joeclones want to sort out the first one and lose this posting for me ? |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: TIA Date: 05 Mar 03 - 07:54 AM The New England accent does wonders...saw a megaplex movie marquee in Rhode Island in the 80's advertising: "Star Trek III, The Search for Spark" |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Genie Date: 04 Mar 03 - 09:31 PM LOL, Joe! Yeah, Ebbie, I bought into the "fauns" idea at first, too, surreal as it seemed. Then when I finally heard it as "fawms" ("forms"), it made more sense! Genie |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Joe_F Date: 04 Mar 03 - 07:14 PM I am told that someone once asked for Edith Piaf's song about the pink airplane (l'avion rose). |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Ebbie Date: 04 Mar 03 - 02:17 PM Genie, how funny! The hilarious thing is that I was giggling over the possibility that some might think it was 'fawns', as in Bambi. Never occurred to me that I was mishearing it. 'Fauns' kind of fit the mystical nature of the streams of time metaphor. Thanks, Genie. (Sorry, Kendall!) |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Genie Date: 04 Mar 03 - 01:36 PM Mondegreen spawned by a downeaster accent: transcription of Kendall Morse singing "Gently Down The Stream Of Time" |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Nigel Parsons Date: 16 Jan 03 - 08:30 AM As I mentioned in another thread, The campfire song "You can't put your muck in our dustbin" sounds as if its title line may be an extended Mondegreen of the normal words for the tune by which it's sung: "Ach du lieber Augustin" Nigel |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Genie Date: 16 Jan 03 - 02:39 AM Actually, Haruo, I stand corrected. I didn't process your quote fully. I just saw (heard) it as a kid saying something silly and didn't recognize "... the hole he goes..." as a mondegreen of "...the holy ghost," which it, of course, is. Genie PS, I'm a Baptist Minister's daughter, not a life-long Unitarian, so I'm quite familar with the Trinity. |
Subject: RE: mondegreen ? From: Haruo Date: 13 Jan 03 - 10:51 PM Genie says (a few months back but I just saw it) that "Glory be to the Father and to the Son and down the hole he goes!" is not a mondegreen. Looks like one to me. Why not, Genie? ("down" for "to" may be a bit of a stretch, but no more than many other celebrated mondegreens) Or perhaps your Unitarianism hasn't provided enough exposure to the Gloria Patri to recognize the text? It is, after all, about as Trinitarian a text as you'll meet, and the spectral wording ("Ghost" for the more au courant "Spirit") is still current in many churches. Especially since changing it destroys the meter. Haruo |
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