remember that song?? No? Well- just ask KID- he will!
Found a new word! Mondegreen! Had to look that puppy up! It described precisely what we'd heard (or thought we'd heard); but, I had no idea there was a term for it!
According to answers.com:
A mondegreen (also sometimes spelt 'mondagreen') is the mishearing (usually accidental) of a phrase, such that it acquires a new meaning.
The word 'mondegreen' is itself a mondegreen of "They hae slain the Earl o' Murray and laid him on the green", from the anonymous 17th century ballad 'The Bonnie Earl O' Murray', the last five words being misheard as "Lady Mondegreen". Sylvia Wright is thought to have coined the word to describe all such mishearings. While a common occurrence for children, many adults have their own collection, particularly with regard to popular music.
There are all kinds of sites for folks that enjoy reading other folks' mondegreens and the answers to all those lyrical questions you have had over the years...
Some of my favorite ones are Christmas songs that have gone awry...
Such as.... Good King Wenceslas... and his poor servents.
Good King Wences' car backed out
On the feet of heathens
When the snow lay round about,
Deep and crisp and even.
Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight
Gath'ring wine and gruel.
Good king wants his applesauce
At the feast this evening
When the snow lay round about,
Deep and crisp and even.
And... the very, very poor Shepherds....
While shepherds washed their socks at night
All seated on the ground,
The angel of the Lord came down
And glory shone around.
I love Christmas music... Ave Marie (sung by Harry Connick) is one of my favs! I'm also enjoying the new Christmas CD by the FBC. Really puts one in the spirit!
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