A MOTLEY MELANGE OF MONDEGREENS

Mondegreens: Misunderstood, mis-heard song lyrics, quotations, sayings, and such

“Jose can you see,”
(Actual lyric: “Oh,say can you see,”)
-- Murphy

”Oh, the ramrods we washed/Were so gallantly steaming.”
(Actual lyric: “O’er the ramparts we watched/Were so gallantly streaming.”)
-- Richard Lederer

“Grapefruit through the night/That our flag was still rare.”
(Actual lyric: “Gave proof through the night/That our flag was still there.”)
-- Richard Lederer

“’Scuse me while I kiss this guy.”
(Actual lyric: “’Scuse me while I kiss the sky.”)
-- B. Hunt, and Marge, whose contributions arrived simultaneously

“The girl with colitis goes by.”
(Actual lyric: “The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Don’t go out tonight. There’s a bathroom on the right.”
(Actual lyric: “Don’t go out tonight. There’s a bad moon on the rise.”)
-- Russ Jernigan

“Through the night, with the light from a bulb.”
(Actual lyric: “Through the night, with the light from above.”)
-- Stan Kegel

“Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear.”
(Actual title: “Gladly The Cross I’d Bear.”)
-- Phyrie

“Later on, we’ll perspire, as we dream by the fire.”
(Actual lyric: “Later on, we’ll conspire, as we dream by the fire.”)
-- C.M.