Misheard lyrics (also called mondegreens) occur when people misunderstand the lyrics in a song. These are NOT intentional rephrasing of lyrics, which is called parody.
This page contains all the misheard lyrics for Happy Jack that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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And they couldn't stop Jack on the water that day
But they couldn't stop Jack or the waters lapping
Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a crab.
Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man.
Happy Jack wasn't tall but he wasn't fat.
Happy Jack wasn't old but he was a man.
Happy Jack wasn't told that he was a man.
Happy Jack wasn't old, but he was a man.
He lived in the sand on the Taliban.
He lived in the sand on the Isle Of Man.
He lived in the sand on the elephant
He lived in the sand on the Isle Of Man.
So they wrote on his head
I'm a furry donkey
So they rode on his head
in their furry donkey
The kids can't annoy Jack
They trot, trot, trot
They blob this and then that
The la-la-la-la-la-la.
The kids couldn't hurt Jack
They tried, tried, tried
They dropped things on his back
They lied, lied, lied, lied, lied.
The kids would all say he would shake a donkey.
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key.
The kids would all sing, he would take the monkey.
The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key.
They never had a loving
They tra-nya-nya
They dropped in the monkey
The nya-nya-nya-nya-nya.
The kids couldn't hurt Jack
They tried, tried, tried
They dropped things on his back
And lied, lied, lied, lied, lied.
They tap-danced on his back.
They dropped things on his back.