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A spoonerism occurs when the first letters or syllables of two or more words get swapped. The term spoonerism is named in honor of the Reverend William Archibald Spooner whose students used to write down all the instances of spoonerisms that he made. This page focuses on spoonerisms in song titles.
"Bake a Tow," Madonna originally "Take a Bow"
Joe Haynes
"Bake Tack," Green Day originally "Take Back"
Lizzie
"Rake It On The Ton," REO Speedwagon originally "Take It On The Run"
Peter
"Lake Tots With Alcohol," Alkaline Trio originally "Take Lots WIth Alcohol"
Who facilitated underage drinking?
Rachel Stedman
"Rake Me Home, Country Toads," John Denver originally "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
Penelope Beckinsale
"Make Tea Out," Franz Ferdinand originally "Take Me Out"
B1982
"Bake Tea Out To The Tall Game ," Traditional originally "Take Me Out To The Ballgame"
Peter
"Make Tea Under," Three Days Grace originally "Take Me Under"
Lizzie
"Make Tee Under," Three Days Grace originally "Take Me Under"
Lizzie
"Make On Tea," a-ha originally "Take On Me"
Peter
"Making Over Tea," Evanescence originally "Taking Over Me"
Lizzie
"Scales Of A Torched Earth," The Smashing Pumpkins originally "Tales Of A Scorched Earth"
Lucille Ball sized hail
"Mangled Up In Tea," Skye Sweetnam originally "Tangled Up In Me"
Penelope Beckinsale
"Clears Of A Town," Smokey Robinson & The Miracles originally "Tears Of A Clown"
soul
"Sell Her Toe," Ernest Tubb originally "Tell Her So"
Yvonne Sindri
"Quit Teela Run Ties," The Eagles originally "Tequila Sunrise"
MOR
"Sick Keela Ton Rise," The Eagles originally "Tequila Sunrise"
MOR
"That's The Gay Love Woes," Janet Jackson originally "That's The Way Love Goes"
Reese Witherspoonerism
"What's That You Get?," Paramore originally "That's What You Get"
Lizzie
"Tears No 'I' in Theme," Taking Back Sunday originally "There's No 'I' in Team"
Lizzie
"Thirty Haze In The Dole," Humble Pie originally "Thirty Days In The Hole"
Or 'on the dole' to be grammatically correct.
Anonymous Jack
"This Pitter Bill," Dashboard Confessional originally "This Bitter Pill"
Lizzie
"Ricket To Tide," The Beatles originally "Ticket To Ride"
Rachel Blattington
"Height Wad Till," Green Day originally "Tight Wad Hill"
Lizzie
"White Tod Hill," Green Day originally "Tight Wad Hill"
Lizzie
"Bomb In A Title," Jim Croce originally "Time In A Botlle"
Veronica Krumpfelhagen
"Rhyme Is Tunning Out," Papa Roach originally "Time Is Running Out"
Lizzie
"Dime Of Tying," Three Days Grace originally "Time Of Dying"
Rhoda Dohr
"Dime of Tying," Three Days Grace originally "Time of Dying"
Lizzie
"Limes Tyke These," Foo Fighters originally "Times Like These"
Lizzie
"Skip the Tales," Rise Against originally "Tip the Scales"
Grandpa must be telling stories again.
Lizzie
"To All The Earls I've Gloved Before," Willie Nelson And Julio Iglesias originally "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"
Penelope Beckinsale
"To Gall The Earls I've Loved Before," Willie Nelson And Julio Iglesias originally "To All The Girls I've Loved Before"
Penelope Beckinsale
"Row Backhoe Toad," The Nashville Teens originally "Tobacco Road"
one hit
"Sold You Toe," Jesse McCartney originally "Told You So"
Regina Haniger
"Dom Tooley," The Kingston Trio originally "Tom Dooley"
Marge Pegram
"Lou Tate To Burn Tack Now," Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose originally "Too Late To Turn Back Now"
Daisy Pappus
"Woo Marvelous For Turds," Ella Fitzgerald originally "Too Marvelous For Words"
Adrienne Ramseur
"Moo Touch Mime On Tye Hands," Styx originally "Too Much Time On My Hands"
Peter
"Mop Tan," Blur originally "Top Man"
B1982
"Crapped in the troset," R. Kelly originally "Trapped in the Closet"
bobthemagicaligator
"Double Every Tray," Mothers Of Invention originally "Trouble Every Day"
neptunevsmars
"Ryan To Find A Treason," Martina McBride originally "Tryin' To Find A Reason"
Julia Cox
"Duckers Taught Her," Ian Moss originally "Tucker's Daughter"
Ava Murphy
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