The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #14963   Message #715650
Posted By: DonD
22-May-02 - 05:38 PM
Thread Name: Misheard words
Subject: RE: Misheard words
I remember my departed sister coming home from 1st grade seventy five years ago proudly singing that her eyes had seen the coming of the lord, marching through the village where the grapes are at the store. Actually I remember being told about it; I wasn't quite born yet.

I'm convinced that the commonly sung version of the Rock Island Line which suggests that if you want to ride it, you've got to ride it like you find it, was a mondegreen on Leadbelly's part for 'ride it like you're flyin' but maybe that's just me.