A MOTLEY MELANGE OF MONDEGREENS

Mondegreens: Mis-heard, misunderstood song lyrics, quotations, sayings, and the like

“Outside the snow is falling,/And friends are calling, ‘You fool!’”
(Actual lyric: “Outside the snow is falling,/And friends are calling, ‘You-hoo!’”)
-- Anonymous

“We free kings of Oregon are.”
(Actual lyric: “We three kings of Orient are.”)
-- Anonymous

“King forever, seasoned leather.”
(Actual lyric: “King forever, ceasing never.”)
-- Anonymous

“Mere is mighty bitter perfume.”
(Actual lyric: “Myrrh is mine. Its bitter perfume….”)
-- Anonymous

“I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,/Just like the wands I used to know.”
(Actual lyric: “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,/Just like the ones I used to know.”)
-- Anonymous

“In the meadow we can build a snowman,/Then pretend that he is sparse and brown.”
(Actual lyric: “In the meadow we can build a snowman,/Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.”)
-- Anonymous

“In the meadow weevils built a snowman.”
(Actual lyric: “In the meadow we will build a snowman.”)
-- Gary Hallock

“Chipmunks roasting on an open fire.”
(Actual lyric: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.”)
-- Anonymous

“You’ll tell Carol, ‘Be a skunk, I require.’”
(Actual lyric: “Yuletide carols being sung by a fire.”)
-- Richard Lederer

“Hark and Harold, angels, sing.”
(Actual lyric: “Hark, the herald angels sing.”)
-- Betsy