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

[StanleyTheCrane]

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?

Also I learnt only recently that carley Simon had clouds in her coffee and not cows in her coffee in Your so vain

In the Summer of '69, Bryan Adams didn't 'have his first real sex dream'! (It was his first real 6 string!)

I always heard trampolines too!

I always think she found love in an awkward place. But that's probably because I recognise where the video was shot and my mind applies my logic.😳😁

For many years I thought The Nightcrawlers were singing "Do you like cookin? Do you like something good?" 😂

Aah, the famous Lord of the dance settee from primary school 😆

@LadyFlumpalot my dd heard that for the first time at a party last week and she came home singing 'my love his got no money he's got no trampoline' she is only 6 though 😂

I also thought that Neil Diamond was singing about a trendy spiritual leader called Reverend Blue Jeans!

I thought Desmond Decker was complaining just about an inability to afford variety: 'Get up each morning, same thing for breakfast'.

And that Mungo Jerry's 'Long-Legged Woman Dressed in Black' was 'at the back', possibly refereeing some sort of game: 'Every time I break the rules, she tells me no!'

One of my friends misheard the line 'You don't have to say you love me; just be close at hand' as 'You don't have to say I'm lovely, just because I am!' I still prefer her version. Another friend thought that a certain well-known Seventies pop star was called 'Alvin Sawdust'.

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My daughter sang "I'm vacuuming the dance floor" instead of "evacuate the dancefloor" had us howling every time

Oh yes! But I thought it was the Lord of the Dance “zedhee” which in my 7 year old brain was this super luxurious red velvet tent in a desert with a party going on it.
and yes also “my love has got no money he’s got his trombleese”. Just accepted that was a thing he had.

Peter kay does a great bit on misheard lyrics. You tube it, it's hilarious and you'll never listen to the songs the same again 🤣

I thought it was clowns ha ha

Apparently Meatloaf wasn't "gonna hit the highway like a bat outta hell or a Cilla Black fan on ice" but on a Silver Black Phantom bike.

...And, indeed, like a battering ram.

For all lovers of mondegreens, may I introduce you to:

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I just had to look up the lyrics… I thought it was a sauce companion too, but never really questioned what that meant!!!

@Twospaniels Brimful of Asha on the 45 😂

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One of my friends thought that the line 'Long to reign over us' in 'God Save the Queen' meant that it would rain over us for a long time- quite appropriate for the British National Anthem!

I always heard that bit in Freed from Desire as “strong beliefs”, but my friend disagreed with me. She said she’d heard other people singing it and they all sung “trombolese”. Everyone knew it was “trombolese”, so there!

Yes I thought this too for years!!'

I thought the lyrics were "Ben Om bin in Cotten eye Joe" which I'm aware makes no sense but that's how I've always sang it 😅

I always thought that the Wombles song was ''the Wombles of Wimbledon coming our way'' but I found out yesterday that it's actually ''the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we''.

When I was younger, I was confused why anyone would 'praise you like a shoe' rather than 'like I should' 😂 sorry Fatboy Slim 🙈

Yes 😂😂