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I've just learned if it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe..

407 replies

StanleyTheCrane · 19/05/2022 19:58

He'd have been married a long time ago and not buried a long time ago. I thought that CEJ had saved his life, not stolen all of the women.

Also that he came to town like a Mid-Winter storm, not like a movie star.

Has anyone else had any lyric related revelations lately?

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Macanncheese · 20/05/2022 19:23

LadyFlumpalot · 19/05/2022 20:18

I've said this one before but I spent a good amount of years idly wondering what a "Tromboleese" was in the lyric "my love has got no money, he's got his tromboleese". Turns out it's "strong beliefs" I'm slightly disappointed tbh.

I always remember your post about this and it always makes me laugh when I hear it! 😂

Toooldforthisshit49 · 20/05/2022 19:30

@AMBE123 Glad I wasn't the only one that thought it was 400 children! My mum & auntie thought it was hilarious

linsey2581 · 20/05/2022 19:31

@StanleyTheCrane Cotton Eye Joe is a song about a sexually transmitted Disease. I thought everyone knew that!

ALongHardWinter · 20/05/2022 20:10

For many years,I thought that Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate believed in Malcolm. Turns out he actually believed in miracles. 😂

Hairiseverything · 20/05/2022 20:12

So apparently the greatest dancer wasn’t at at a disco on the outskirts of Bristol at all but ‘Frisco.
Bristol seemed perfectly plausible to me.

Harls1969 · 20/05/2022 20:14

I thought that Driving Home For Christmas was a bit racy but then I really that soon there'll be a freeway...not a three way😂

Curlygirl06 · 20/05/2022 20:28

I specifically listened to "Games Without Frontiers", and I thought he was saying "she's so popular", I've listened to the beginning the end, everything, and I can't hear anything else!

Another one here for "Reverend Blue Jeans".

Also, Eric Carmen "Hungry Eyes". He definitely says "Hungry Arse". Just listened to that as well.

TinselTinsel · 20/05/2022 20:29

LadyFlumpalot · 19/05/2022 20:18

I've said this one before but I spent a good amount of years idly wondering what a "Tromboleese" was in the lyric "my love has got no money, he's got his tromboleese". Turns out it's "strong beliefs" I'm slightly disappointed tbh.

That was exactly what I heard years ago too 😂I knew from trombolees what song you were going to say haha.

Curlygirl06 · 20/05/2022 20:30

And it's only reading this today I realised about "Games Without Frontiers " did a double take when I saw that!

Basilbrushgotfat · 20/05/2022 20:31

linsey2581 · 20/05/2022 19:31

@StanleyTheCrane Cotton Eye Joe is a song about a sexually transmitted Disease. I thought everyone knew that!

This is news to me! You mean when I was singing along to aged 8, I was singing about an sti?!

Daisybridge · 20/05/2022 20:33

Grease - you're the one that I want. "I've got chills they're multiplying" not according to my sister it's "I've got shoes they're multiplying". Probably true in her case!

Justrealised · 20/05/2022 20:36

mubarak86 · 19/05/2022 20:55

In a previous thread someone thought it was Rhythm is a dancer, it's a sauce companion 🤣

Haha that's what I sing, what is it really? 😂

Alwayshoovering · 20/05/2022 20:40

Heart78 · 19/05/2022 21:47

The last part of Wanna be Starting Something by Michael Jackson totally says “saved by the sound of Microsoft” not Ma-ma-se, ma-ma-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa (hoo-hoo)

Lol, I always thought that was 'saved by the sound of Michael's song' but a bit disappointed to know what it actually is.

I just thought he was advertising his god complex 😂

Geekynzmum · 20/05/2022 20:43

I too thought it was trombalise!!

Also Brimful of Asher on the 45 I always heard as "freedom fooder basher on the 45" 😂

N00tN00t · 20/05/2022 20:49

When I was a kid I thought Marvin Gaye was singing about central heating.

autienotnaughty · 20/05/2022 20:56

Girl all the bad guys want
I thought they sang "and when she walks all the windmills and the angels sing"

Flippingnora100 · 20/05/2022 20:57

I always thought Tracy Chapman was singing about driving in a fast car with her arms and legs wrapped around her boyfriend’s shoulders. Apparently it’s ‘Your arms felt nice around my shoulders.’ 😂

Teachertired92 · 20/05/2022 21:01

Jonasu song is
’black magic, you work your voodoo on me’

not
’black magic, you wipe your booty on me’
😬

Mumof3TC · 20/05/2022 21:03

If its not Rhythm is a dancer, its a sauce companion, what is it?

Daisymaybe60 · 20/05/2022 21:21

CupidStunt22 · 20/05/2022 12:29

I always thought it was "Mancheerons", whatever they were. I think some kind of cocktail cherry...

As for Hold Me closer Tony Danza.....

Aw, come on! He's hanging out with his Mancheros - his macho Spanish mates!

Unless of course they're something like Cheetos and he's just enjoying a cheeky savoury snack.

Mumof3TC · 20/05/2022 21:35

Flippingnora100 · 20/05/2022 20:57

I always thought Tracy Chapman was singing about driving in a fast car with her arms and legs wrapped around her boyfriend’s shoulders. Apparently it’s ‘Your arms felt nice around my shoulders.’ 😂

I really thought it was arms and legs wrapped round my shoulders 😩

ithinkidbetterleaverightnow · 20/05/2022 21:36

The Black Keys for the longest time were singing Goat on the Ceiling. I didn't understand, goats? Why? It's actually Gold on the Ceiling.

Curlygirl06 · 20/05/2022 21:48

Mumof3TC · 20/05/2022 21:35

I really thought it was arms and legs wrapped round my shoulders 😩

Me too!

Carriecakes80 · 20/05/2022 21:48

Ha Ha Ha Ha Stabalise....Stabalise.....

I thought they had just learned to ride their bikes proper like.

Another one for Trombolise (fancy trombone here too lol) and Dance Settee!

ThistleTits · 20/05/2022 22:02

NeedToKnow101 · 19/05/2022 20:50

😂😂😂

No.. it was the Wombles of Wimbledon, come when you wee

(I can actually remember sitting on the potty waiting for them to show up. Bastards never arrived. Potty got stuck to my arse I was there so long)

😂 😂 😂 the winner 🏆 lol ^