Monday, May 25, 2009

A MOTLEY MELANGE OF MONDEGREENS

Mondegreens: Mis-heard song lyrics, phrases, quotes and such

“All my luggage, I will send to you.”
(Actual lyric: “All my loving, I will send to you.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Are you going to starve an old friend?”
(Actual lyric: “Are you going to Scarborough Fair?”)
-- Stan Kegel

“A weenie whack a weenie whack a weenie whack.”
(Actual lyric: “A wim-o-weh a wim-o-weh.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“My wings are wet, my wings are wet”
(Actual lyric: “A wim-o-weh, a wim-o-weh.”)
-- Cathy

“Baby come back. You can play Monopoly.”
(Actual lyric: “Baby come back. You can blame it all on me.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“My country steals from me.”
(Actual lyric: “My country, ’tis of thee.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Sweet land of liver tea.”
(Actual lyric: “Sweet land of liberty.”)
-- C.M.

“My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of the icing.”
(Actual lyric: “My country, ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.”)
-- Lynne

“Don’t cry for me, Marge and Tina.”
(Actual lyric: “Don’t cry for me, Argentina.”)
-- Richard Lederer

“Ahab, the Arab, she got the burning Sam”
(Actual lyric: “Ahab, the Arab, Sheik of the burning sands.”)
-- B. Hunt

“Oh, beautiful, for spaceship guys.”
(Actual lyric: “O, beautiful for spacious skies.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“I’ve thrown a custard in her face.”
(Actual lyric: “I’ve grown accustomed to her face.”)
-- Rich Lederer

“If our lips should meet in armor, rot, uh.”
(Actual lyric: “If our lips should meet, innamorata.”)
-- C.M.

“There’s gonna be a crate day.”
(Actual lyric: “There’s gonna be a great day.”)
-- Anonymous

“Baking carrot biscuits.”
(Actual lyric: “Taking care of business.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Tape it to a biscuit.”
(Actual lyric: “Taking care of business.”
-- Stan Kegel

“There’s a can of fish all over the world tonight.”
(Actual lyric: “There’s a kind of hush all over the world tonight.”)
-- Richard Lederer

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