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What’s your favourite mondegreen?

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BlueBelle Tue 18-May-21 18:07:44

I always thought it was Another one bites the dust !

When my grandson was a little fella he came home from school and said they d been praying to Kevin
We were puzzled but he gave us the explanation
Our father who art with Kevin

Lin52 Tue 18-May-21 18:04:01

My favourite from my young grandson whilst watching Train my Dragon, he kept saying “wooden helpers”, it turned out it was “Woden help us.” We still have a chuckle with him about this.

SueDonim Tue 18-May-21 18:02:48

‘I can see Deirdre now the rain has gone’

Cathymac Tue 18-May-21 17:56:53

Chiquitita by ABBA .. is of course Chicken Tikka. grin

EkwaNimitee Tue 18-May-21 17:46:12

The opera La Donna e mobile has an aria where it sounds as though he’s singing about elephants ears. I’ve heard it many times and I still think it sounds like elephants ears!

ixion Tue 18-May-21 17:40:47

"Gladly, the cross-eyed bear" ?

grandMattie Tue 18-May-21 17:37:26

My sister always used to sing “And keep away for ever and ever..” to the Hallelujah chorus!

Luckylegs Tue 18-May-21 17:36:11

We always have sung “Another one bites the duster” in the Queen song. Our son was convinced it was correct.

Blossoming Tue 18-May-21 17:21:54

A mondegreen is a misheard lyric or phrase that seems to make sense but has a completely different meaning to the actual words used. It comes from a mishearing of a poem that read ‘They have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen. Except it really read ‘They have slain the Earl of Murray and laid him on the green’.

My own favourite, courtesy of a little niece, is that well known song by John Travolta and Olivia Newton John, from Grease, “You’re the Wizard of Oz, ooh ooh ooh”.