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Because I come from the man of plenty
Because I come from the land of plenty
Buying bread from a man in Brazil.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
Buying bread from a man in brazil,
he was six foot four and full of mussels
Buying bread from a man in Brussels,
he was six foot four and full of muscles
Buying bread from a man named Ambrosius.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
Buying bread from a man named Russell
He was six foot four and full of muscle
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscle
Came back from a man in Brazil.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
Dining at 10 in Bombay
Lying in a den in Bombay
Do you come from Atlanta, my dear?
Where women blow and men blunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Do you come from London or not?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from London, my love?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from Orlando, Linda?
Do you come from the land Down Under?
Do you come from a band down under?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from a lamb down under?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from a land Down Under?
Where women go and make thunder?
Do you come from a land Down Under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Do you come from a land down on love
Do you come from a land down under
Do you come from a land down under?
Wales women fall and met thunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women are glowing in thunder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women blow and then plunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women throw and men chunder?
I come from a land down under,
Where beer does flow and men chunder?
The 'correct' line pertains to the second chorus (which is sung right after the second verse).
Do you come from a land down under?
Where Beatrice rode, and men shunned her.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women flow, and men thunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Aminastro e munjunda!
I come from a land down under,
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women go and men blunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Do you come from a land of London?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from a land of flounder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from a land of hunger?
Where women starve and men thunder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men blunder?
Do you come from a land of hunger?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from a land of mother?
Do you come from a land Down Under?
Do you come from a land of wonder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you come from the land Atlanta?
Where woman smoke and men thunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Do you come from the land Atlanta
Do you come from a land down under
Do you come from the land down under,
where women blow when it thunders
Do you come from the land down under,
where women glow and men plunder
Do you come from the land down under?
Where women go and make thunder?
Do you come from the land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Do you come from the land down under?
Where women go and men wonder?
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Do you come from the land of London?
Where the women blow and make thunder.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Do you come from the land of hunger?
Where women starve and men suffer?
Do you come from the land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Do you come from the land of man-love?
Do you come from a land down under?
Do you love a man Down Under?
Do you come from a land Down Under?
Dyin' in a down in Bombay
A slapshot and not muchtoosie.
Lyin' in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw and not much to say.
Dying in a den in Bombay
Six foot tall and not much to say.
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
Fine bread from a man in Brazil.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
Flying debt from a man in Brasil
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
Editor's note: To the person who submitted this: The name of this song is "Down Under"; it even says so on the band's album as well as the promotional single. "Land" is NOT part of the title.
Frying bread on a woman's bustle,
She was sixty four but full of hustle
Buying bread from a man in Brussels,
He was six foot four and full of muscles
Get your car from Orlando Honda.
Do you come from the land down under?
He just smiled and I gave him a bit of my sanwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave a bit of his sun rage.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave him a bite of my sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me Benjamin's sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a Betamax sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a beat a my sand-wedge.
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a big Jamaican sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a big knuckle sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a big termite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a bit of my sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a bitch in my sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a bitch of a sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a bite at that sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me an edge of my sandwich
or
He just smiled and gave me a pick of my sandwhich
or
He just smiled and gave me a bite of her sandwich
or
He just smiled and gave me a bite of her sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a bite of his sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a Veg-a-mite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a bite of my sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a bite of my sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a bitumen sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a fist sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a ham sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a head o' mice sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a knuckle sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a knuckle sandwich
And he said:
I come from the land Down Under
The women roar and men thunder.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich
And he said:
I come from a land Down Under
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
He just smiled and gave me a larger size sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a slap in my sunwedge.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegetarian sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a veggiemac sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a very nice sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
He just smiled and gave me a wedge of my sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me an edge of a sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me, 'I betcha, my sandwich'.
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
He just smiled, and gave me a bite of his sandwich.
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich.
He was 64 and full of muscle
He was 6'4" and full of muscle
He was sick before and full of nausea
He was 6'4" and full of muscle
I am bred from a man down in Brussel
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
I am bred from a man in Brussels.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
I come from Hollanda under.
I come from a land down under.
I come from Orlando, hello.
I come from a land down under.
I come from a land down below.
I come from a land down under.
I come from a land down under,
Adidas flow and meant under...
I come from a land down under,
Where beer does flow and men chunder...
I come from a land of wonder.
I come from a land down under.
I come from a land of wonder
I come from a land Down Under
I come from a landa landa,
Where rivers flow and men chunder?
I come from a land down under,
Where beer does flow and men chunder?
I come from the land of Allah.
I come from a land down under.
I come from the land of the love.
I come from a land Down Under.
I met a man from Brazil.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels.
I met a man from Ussel
Six-foot tall and full of muscles
I asked, "Do you speak-a language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Digimite sandwich.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six-foot-four and full of muscles
I said, "Do you speak-a my language?"
He just smiled and gave me a Vegemite sandwich
I said to the man “are you trying to touch me?”
I said to the man “Are you trying to tempt me?”
I'm back from my man in brazil
He was six foot tall and full of muscles
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
He was six foot four and full of muscles
I'm bred from a man in Brussels
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
I'm fed from a man in Brazil
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
I'm in from a man in Brussels
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
I'm in from a man in crutches
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
Lion in a den in Bombay
Six foot four and not much tootsie
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw and not much to say
Lying again in Bombay
Lying in a den in Bombay
Lying down in Bombay
Slouched up and not much say
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
Lying in a den in Bombay
In a sack, y'all, but not much Tuesday
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw and not much to say
Lying in down in Bombay
Not sure, not much to say
Lying in a den in Bombay
With a slack jaw, and not much to say
Men at Work, better take cover
You better run, you better take cover
My man from a land in Brussels, he was six foot tall and full of muscles
Buying bread from a man in Brussels, he was six foot four and full of muscles
My man from a land in Brussels,
He was six foot tall and full of muscles
Buying bread from a man in Brussels,
He was six foot four and full of muscles
On a happy railway full of zombies
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
On a heavy trail at philatumbi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
On a hippie trail at filatumbi
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie.
On a hippie trail head full of zombies
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie.
On a trippy trail, head to rob zombie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie
Pubba-lain in a fried-out crumby
Head hippy trail, head full of zombie.
Traveling in a fried-out combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie.
Put a pile in the head of Gumby
On a hippy trail half-full of zombies.
Traveling in a fried-out Combie
On a hippie trail, head full of zombie.
She took me and then made me breakfast.
She took me in and gave me breakfast.
She took me head and gave me breakfast.
She took me in and gave me breakfast.
Traveling in a fight out combie
Travelling in a fried-out Combie
Traveling in a fighter company
Traveling in a fried out combie
Traveling in a freighter can't break
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
Traveling in a fried out Gumby
On a hidden trail made full of John Day
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of Zombie
A "Kombi" was a beat-up Volkswagen, and Zombie was a particularly potent strain of cannabis grown in Australia in the seventies
Traveling in with Abercrombie
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
Traveling on a Friday crumbly
On a hippie trailer without something
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of Zombie
Traveling on a brighter Sunday
On a hidden trail made full of John Day
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
On a hippie trail, head full of Zombie
Traveling on a flight with Gumby
Traveling in a fried-out Kombi
Traveling with a fried out zombie
Traveling in a fried out Kombi
Travelling in a foreign country
Travelling in a fried-out Kombi
Tunin' in to the Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Buying bread from a man in Brussels
Venus flowed and men shunned her.
Beer does flow and men chunder.
We come from a land of love
Do you come from a land down under?
We're coming from Orlando-Lando.
Do you come from a land down under?
Were living in the land of London?
Where women mow and men are under.
Do you come from a land down under?
Where women glow and men plunder.
Where beer does flow and Bret Schundler
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Where men are slow and much younger
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
Where men are slow and much younger
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Where readers flow and men shunder
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
Where women go and men plunder
or
Where beetles glow and men shudder
or
Where one-man glow in then thunder
or
Where women blow and men chunder
or
Where women blow and have fun there
or
Where women bowl and men thunder
or
Where we grow cold and much younger
or
Where we grow cold and much younger
Where beer does flow and men chunder
or
Where women glow and men chunder
In Australia "chunder" means to throw up after excessive drinking, both of the correct lyrics are mentioned in the song, which helps to explain why there are so many different variations. According to Greg Ham, the song is about Australians who are abroad and have come back home. As Bob Baker points out in email, It is actually about a bunch of guys from Australian on an Opium binge. Think about it; A den in Bombay (An Opium den), Travelling in a fried out Combie (Combie is an australian RV)on a hippie trail, head full of zombie (zombie is slang for Opium) Buying bread (another slang word for Opium or Heroin) from a man in Brussels
Where we must go and mention dirt
Where beer does flow and men chunder
Where wind will blow and make thunder.
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
Where women blow and make thunder
Where women glow and men plunder?
Where women blow and men blunder
Where women glow and men plunder
Where women blow and men plunder?
Where women glow and men plunder?
Where women blow and men thunder
Where women glow and men plunder
Where women blow and then blunder
Where women glow and men plunder
Where women blow the men's under
Where beer does flow and men chunder.
Where women go and meet thunder
Where women glow and men plunder
Where women go and men follow.
Where women glow and men plunder.
Where women grow and men wander
Where women glow and men plunder
Where women grow and then blunder
Where women glow and men plunder
Where women roll and men thunder
Where women glow and men plunder
Would you like a bite of my sandwich?
He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich.
You better not run, you better not take cover.
You'd better run, you'd better take cover.
You better run, you better take a book
You better run, you better take cover
You better run, you better take a bus.
You'd better run, you'd better take cover.
You better run, you better take control.
You better run, you better take cover.
You better run, you better take them all.
You better run, you better take cover.
You never run, you never take cover
You better run, you better take cover
You never work, you never take cover
You better run, you better take cover
You better run
You better take them all.
or
You better run
You better take a bus
or
You better run
You better say, 'Shalom!'
or
You'd better run
You better take a bow.
or
You'd better run,
You'd better take a bus.
or
You'd better run,
You'd better take a bus.
You'd better run
You better take cover.
You'd better run, you'd better change, come on.
You'd better run, you better take cover.
You'd better run, you'd better take a bath.
You'd better run, you better take cover.
You better run, you better take, come on
or
You better run, you better say shalom
or
You'd better run, you better take a bow
or
You'd better run, you'd better take a bus
or
You'd better run, you'd better take a bus
You'd better run, you better take cover