# Lyrics you insist on singing wrong

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [January 7, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352 "2022-01-07T02:07:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-you-insist-on-singing-wrong/957352/48 "2022-01-07T22:42:25Z")

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Original: Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the water.  
Instead: Put your gland in the hand…

Original: I want to hold your hand.  
Instead: I want to hold your ham.

When we were kids, girl often became squirrel. Imagine my joy when listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks

Original: Jessie’s got himself a girl and I want to make her mine.  
Alvin: Jessie’s got himself a squirrel…

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0OW2-ZEhGsA/maxresdefault.jpg "Chipmunk Rock 02- Jessie's Girl (High Quality)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OW2-ZEhGsA)

There was a thread not long about about swapping [heart for fart.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heart-fart-in-song-title-or-lyric/951187)

ETA: @Robot_Arm beat me to it on girl/squirrel

And I forget the comedian’s name…I think he played a guitar that looked like a flamingo. Instead of “My Sharona” it was “Rice-A-Roni.”

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