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Thread #32340   Message #4128436
Posted By: Taconicus
08-Dec-21 - 09:12 PM
Thread Name: any new mondegreens?
Subject: RE: any new mondegreens?
I'm not surprised that in the ballad "The Bonny Earl o' Moray" the lyric, "They hae ta'en the Earl o' Murray and laid him on the green" was often misheard and repeated as, "They hae ta'en the Earl o' Murray and Lady Mondegreen."