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Thread #2229   Message #13216
Posted By: Jerry Friedman
25-Sep-97 - 10:57 PM
Thread Name: Mistakes I Have Made When Listening To Songs
Subject: RE: Mistakes I Have Made When Listening To Songs
In some contexts, these Mondegreens (great name!) are also known as the "folk process".

How many millions of American children have thought "America" goes "My country 'tis of the sweet land of liberty"? (For the damn furriners, this song to the tune of "God Save the Queen" begins "My country, 'tis of thee,/ Sweet land of liberty,/ Of thee I sing.")