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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. For more information about the misheard lyrics available on this site, please read our FAQ.

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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The Saw Doctors', "I Useta Love Her"
The Misheard Lyrics:
She was on a forty eight hour fast just water and black cheese
or
She was on a forty eight hour fast just water and brack-tea-ve (Bractive)
The Real Lyrics:
She was on a forty eight hour fast just water and black tea
The Story: I was listening to it in the car and my mum and I were singing along and neither of us knew what they were saying. I thought it was Bractive, I thought Bractive was a type of medicine for colds or something and my mum thought it was black cheese which we both decided sounded awful. - Submitted by: Hope
The Saw Doctors', "Joyce Country Ceili Band"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Thomas and Mary out on the floor
Well they never lost it, that's for sure
In his sparking shoes and his daz-white shirt
She's got a brand new pear-em
And a pigeon skirt
The Real Lyrics:
Thomas and Mary out on the floor
Well they never lost it, that's for sure
In his sparking shoes and his daz-white shirt
She's got a brand new perm
And a pleated skirt
The Story: I asked my mum what a pigeon skirt was and when I explain why I wanted to know she nearly wet herself. Now I start singing pigeon and then half way through correct myself so I sing pige-ed skirt. - Submitted by: Hope
The Saw Doctors', "N17"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Snowballs and the grass is green
The Real Lyrics:
Stone walls and the grass is green
The Story: I asked my mum how there could be snowballs AND green grass, that's when I found out it wasn't snowballs... Ah well, I will always sing snowballs regardless. - Submitted by: Hope
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