Hi,

I remember the first time a buddy of mine heard the song "Cerrickfergus". He howled with laughter and gave me a high-five.

I thought it an unusual response.

Turned out he thought it was a girl's name, so when the singer mournfully belted out "I wish I was in Kerry Fergus", well, you know.

My wife tells the story of her and her sister being adults and hearing "Puff the Magic Dragon" somewhere. My sister-in-law admitted she'd always hated that song for the way Puff and Jackie adandoned their friend, Frolinton. My wife looked at her a moment and my sister-in-law said, "you know, Frolinton the Ottomas".

All these years and she'd misheard "frolicked in the autumn mist". I think she was more heartbroken to discover there was no Ottomas.

Rich