Christmas Mondegreens

[CalMeacham]

From Snopes this morning:

http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/humor/mondegreens.asp


I never heard or thought of most of these, although "Round John Virgin" from "Silent Night" was used as the name of a character in the mondegreen-fiiled animated special "Olive the Other Reindeer", and MilliCal and I use "Later on we'll perspire" from "Winter Wonderland" as an inside joke.

[Annie-Xmas]

I always thought Ding Dong Merrily on High was a bunch of nonsense syllables, but a quick google reveals the actual lyrics (http://www.carols.org.uk/ding_dong_merrily_on_high.htm)

[mobo85]

Many of these mondegreens come from the book Deck the Halls with Buddy Holly. However, it doesn't have some of my favorites from that book, such as "Santa baby, Jeff's disabled under the tree" or "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go drown in Listerine."

[Olive, The Other Reindeer]

I never heard or thought of most of these, although "Round John Virgin" from "Silent Night" was used as the name of a character in the mondegreen-fiiled animated special "Olive the Other Reindeer", and MilliCal and I use "Later on we'll perspire" from "Winter Wonderland" as an inside joke.

Did someone call?????

[WhyNot]

... MilliCal and I use "Later on we'll perspire" from "Winter Wonderland" as an inside joke.
:smack:


Wow, do I feel sheepish...but it makes sense! Fire = perspire! Darn it. Ignorance Fought.

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[HazelNutCoffee]

:smack:


Wow, do I feel sheepish...but it makes sense! Fire = perspire! Darn it. Ignorance Fought.

:confused: Isn't the original line: "Later on, we'll conspire"?

[CalMeacham]

Isn't the original line: "Later on, we'll conspire"?



I hope so! Otherwise our Inside Joke is just a Quotation, and nobody wants that.

[Liberal]

Why hasn't it been marked True, False, or Undetermined yet? I thought Barb typically didn't post something until after researching it.

[mobo85]

This page is two years old, and I don't think it counts as an UL per se- it's just for fun. As far as research goes, two books are credited.

And "conspire" is the correct word. WhyNot is just saying it's logical for fire to make one sweat (perspire).

[chaoticbear]

This page is two years old, and I don't think it counts as an UL per se- it's just for fun. As far as research goes, two books are credited.

And "conspire" is the correct word. WhyNot is just saying it's logical for fire to make one sweat (perspire).

Or other activities by the fire can also make one sweat...

[HazelNutCoffee]

Ah. :smack:

[Miller]

I never heard or thought of most of these, although "Round John Virgin" from "Silent Night..."

When my mom was a little girl, her next door neighbor was name John Burgen. She always wondered why he was in a Christmas carole.

[WhyNot]

Ah. :smack:
Yeah, I was saying that their "inside joke" wasn't exclusively theirs, 'cause I thought it was "perspire" for all these years, as well. Heck, I think I even sang it that way in choir!

[BrainGlutton]

When my mom was a little girl, her next door neighbor was name John Burgen. She always wondered why he was in a Christmas carole.

I always thought St. Mary must have been really fat. "Round yon virgin . . ."

I also thought there was a country called Orientar.

[amarinth]

I can see "'hearts' of gold" from "it came upon a midnight clear."

But many of the rest seem like someone trying and failing to be funny.

[WOOKINPANUB]

When I hear Bon Jovi's rendition of "I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" I could swear he's singing "...then I saw mommy tinkle on Santa Claus"(as opposed to tickling). Obviously I know the real words but I think my way is more funner.

[Peter Morris]

I also thought there was a country called Orientar.

I thought the three kings lived in a castle called Orien Tower.

[flodnak]

The second verse of "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" has a line that I always thought was "And ever o'er its battle sounds / The blessed angels sing". Always, that is, until I noticed on the sheet music I have for it that it is "And ever o'er its Babel sounds".

I'll admit it's a Mondegreen, but I still insist that my version makes more sense, darnit. :p

[bathsheba]

Go dress ye merry, gentlemen
You've nothing on this day
Remember not to save your
Wash for doing Christmas day
And save us all from visions sour
When pants have gone astray
Go find things that cover a groin
Cover a groin
Go find things that cover a groin


(not mine, probably not strictly a mondegreen either)

[tdn]

I always thought St. Mary must have been really fat. "Round yon virgin . . ."
Not fat. Pregnant. And young.

I had a friend who really thought that.

I also thought there was a country called Orientar.
Me too!

[Khadaji]

Not a mondegreen but... From the lines:

In the meadow we can build a snowman.
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He'll say are you married we'll say No Man!
But you can do the job when you're in town.

I thought it was an invitation for promiscuity.

[Annie-Xmas]

Not a mondegreen but... From the lines:

In the meadow we can build a snowman.
Then pretend that he is Parson Brown.
He'll say are you married we'll say No Man!
But you can do the job when you're in town.

I thought it was an invitation for promiscuity.

I always thought it was "and pretend that he is parse and brown."

[susan]

When I was in 3rd or 4th grade, my class was caused to sing a version of Como's C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (http://www.lyricsplanet.com/index.php3?style=lyrics&id=54460). As a Jewish kid, most of the words meant nothing to me, and since we were taught it orally, with no reference to written lyrics, I wasn't helped any. For years I thought the line "R's for our Redeemer" was "R's for R. E. Deemer," which made much more sense than "R" standing for "Our." (It didn't help the song any that this is the only line where the acronym is interrupted by an extra word.)

[WF Tomba]

It's not a mondegreen unless someone really thought they heard the lyrics that way. When I first heard "Silver Bells", I thought it began like this:

City cyborgs, busy cyborgs, dressed in holiday style . . .

[Beware of Doug]

From Snopes (http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/humor/mondegreens.asp). They've got a few more.

Good King Wences' car backed out
On the feet of heathens
When the snow lay round about,
Deep and crisp and even.

Brightly shone the moon that night
Though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight
Gath'ring wine and gruel.

Good king wants his applesauce
At the feast this evening
When the snow lay round about,
Deep and crisp and even.

[Beware of Doug]

And imagine that! Another yutz who didn't read the OP! :smack: :smack: :smack: