...the little Lord Jesus was eating the hay

[displacedtexan]

I guess the title of my previous post (which is the title of the article cited) wasn't funny enough to grab anyone's attention.

Doesn't anyone else think mondegreens are hilarious?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=549231

[Rowdyboy]

1. My favorite was a friends child who came home from nursery school

chanting:

Mary, Mary
Quite contrary
How does your garden grow
With silver bells and taco shells
And pretty maids all in a row!


When this 4 year old was told that the song said "cockle shells" not "taco shells" she became angry and replied "Miss Karen said its taco shells so its tacoshells!"

I've always had a wonderful mental image of a garden with taco shells blooms on stems!

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. The triplets' mother used to have a special way of singing ...

...one Christmas carol.

Away in a manger,
No crib for a bed,
The little George Jesus
Laid down his sweet head.

Cracked us all up.

[Loonman]

3. "and the ham and eggs were free"

"and the ham and eggs were free, and the ham and eggs were free"

Joy to the World

[displacedtexan]

4. That's hilarious!

Had you ever heard the term mondegreen? I hadn't.

[Aristus]

5. Here's another one for Christmas:

"While shepherds washed their socks by night....."