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.
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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.
Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not
by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see
misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and
misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).
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Oh Darwin, come to bed.
Oh Darling, come to bed.
The Story: I thought this was about Charles Darwin! I still like my version better. - Submitted by: Riley Roth
And I hope that Oprah doesn't sing this song.
And I know all the words to every Ol' Bocephus song.
The Story: I recently saw a clip on E! channel about when Oprah Winfrey's show had a theme song with lyrics back in 1998. The commentators made fun of Oprah's attempt at singing. When I heard the line about Ol' Bocephus, I thought it funny that Oprah would attempt to sing country! - Submitted by: John Bocchino
I ain't no high class fraud
I ain't no high class broad
The Story: I thought she was talking about fraud. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I say “hey ya!” And “hee haw”
I say “hey y’all” and “yee-haw”
The Story: “Hey Ya!” was a popular hit by OutKast at the time this song came out, so that’s what I thought it said. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
I'll say 'hey y'all' and 'eat hog'.
I'll say 'hey y'all' and 'yee-haw'.
The Story: My friend didn't realize that she had misheard the lyrics, until she sang it karaoke at the bar one night. She actually said, "Hey y'all and eat hog" the first time it comes up in the song. - Submitted by: Katie
I'll say hey y'all, Andy Hall.
I'll say 'hey y'all' and 'yee-haw'.
The Story: My roommate and I actually had a conversation about who Andy Hall was. I said 'Since I like country music so much, I should really know who Andy Hall is!!' Hahaha... - Submitted by: Rachel Ward
I'm a redneck woman I ain't no high-glass frog
I'm a redneck woman I ain't no high-class fraud
The Story: My six-year-old niece always sang this song that way. When her mother told her how it really goes, she got so tickled that she decided she liked her own version better. - Submitted by: Eric Rawls
I'm just a product of the Range
And I say "hey y'all" and "yee haw"
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I'm just a product of the Ridge
And I say "hey y'all" and "yee haw"
I'm just a product of my raising.
I say "hey y'all" and "yee haw."
The Story: Where I live, we have an area of the state called the Iron Range, once used for mining iron ore. I knew it probably wasn't referring to this. Then I thought of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and it being Southern, seemed to fit. I had to Google the actual lyrics to find out. - Submitted by: Peggy Schmidt
I'm just the pride of tougher raisin'
And I say, 'Hey y'all, ain't he hot?'
I'm just a product of my raisin'
And I say, 'Hey y'all!' and 'Yee haw!'
The Story: I used to hear this song all the time at work. To my surprise, I actually heard most of the lyrics right, but those two didn't make sense. Well, the 'tougher raisin' part does in a way, but I couldn't figure out what 'hey y'all, ain't he hot?' had to do with anything. After I cracked my country-music loving friend up with the misheard lyrics, I finally bothered to look up the real ones. - Submitted by: Lady Blues
I've got posters on my wall of Skynyrd gettin' straight.
I've got posters on my wall of Skynyrd, Kid and Strait.
The Story: I spent weeks trying to figure out what 'gettin' straight' meant. Then I asked somebody on an online country music forum, who explained the real lyrics. - Submitted by: John C
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