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This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Mummers' Dance that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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In the Pooh bear of the night
In the blue veil of the night
In the killing overnight
In the rambling of the night
In the landing overnight
In the rambling of the night
In the milkman of the night
or
In the mailman overnight
In the rambling of the night
In the ready overnight
In the rambling of the night
In the summertime of each day
And some time of this day
In the valley overnight
or
In the mountains overnight
In the rambling of the night
We'd bring a garden gate
or
We'd bring the Garden State
We'd bring a garland gay
Garden State is a nickname for New Jersey.
We'd bring a garden gate
We'd bring a garlen gay
We've been rambling on tonight
Sometime and a soon
And every child we'd bound and gagged
We bring Clark Gable.
We've been rambling all the night
And some time of this day
Now returning back again
We bring a garland gay.
When I was cold, the breathless moon
In the pooh bear of the night
When owls call the breathless moon
In the blue veil of the night
When the ash and oak, and the virgin ewe
Are dressed in ribbons fair.
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew
Are dressed in ribbons fair.