# Name that tune Misheard Lyrics edition. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355 "2008-12-31T14:40:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/81 "2009-01-06T21:33:17Z")
> [@Momofgirls](#): > > Isn’t that line from Paul McCartney’s song _Jet_? I got distracted with work before I got any googling done. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/82 "2009-01-08T22:16:48Z")
_“I’ve got shoes, they’re made of plywood”_ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/83 "2009-01-08T23:47:36Z")
“You’re the One that I Want”! a couple from me: “and ask the grinning plowshare why he grins” …I guess one, since the other one I thought I was mishearing “The New York Times effect on man” is correct ??!?? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/84 "2009-01-09T00:04:23Z")
> [@Momofgirls](#): > > I am a Beatles/Paul McCartney FREAK, but even I can admit that some of the lyrics makes absolutely no sense. 🙂 What I heard: Admiral Halsey had to fight me He had to have a bath or he couldn’t get to sea I had another laugh and I had a cup of tea and a butterfly (something something something something) What it was: Admiral Halsey notified me He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea I had another look and I had a cup of tea and a butter pie The butter wouldn’t melt so I put it in the pie I got the hook, though: Hands across the water, water Hands across the sky ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/85 "2009-01-09T00:27:53Z")
OK, here’s a really hard one. And let me specify - I have NO idea what this song is actually saying. I know: -It’s a kids song (learnt by my daughter at preschool) -It’s in French -My daughter is the Reigning Monarch of Mangled Lyrics, so the actual words may be WAY different from what I’m hearing. This is what I hear from her: “One ma medal for Maman. Dee-Lah Dee-Lah Dee-Lah” Tune is something like Old Macdonald. If you can tell me what it is you may delay me going crazy by weeks if not months! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/86 "2009-01-09T02:58:07Z")
This one is probably much easier than **Aspidistra** ’s: “It’s not fair to deny me of the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me” ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/87 "2009-01-09T03:06:02Z")
“…you,you,you oughta know” 🙂 Allanis Morrisette ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/88 "2009-01-09T08:26:19Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > OK, here’s a really hard one. And let me specify - I have NO idea what this song is actually saying. I know: > > This is what I hear from her: > > “One ma medal for Maman. > Dee-Lah Dee-Lah Dee-Lah” > > Tune is something like Old Macdonald. > > If you can tell me what it is you may delay me going crazy by weeks if not months! I’m gonna guess _Sur le pont d’Avignon_ Sur le pont d’Avignon L’on y danse, l’on y danse Sur le pont d’Avignon L’on y danse tous en rond [Someone actually doing it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6OXTPo8bnc), though the tune is embellished. Speaking of Youtube, I ain’t talking about Alan Parsons, not the Spinners, just talking about you and me (and Joe South), and the [Games People Play](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5znh58WITU8) My own misheard lyric: “all I do is keep the beat, and the band accompanies.” ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/89 "2009-01-09T10:04:21Z")
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet. Nope, mine’s definitely not Sur le Pont D’Avignon. She’s singing it in 3/4 time. Imagine the first two lines of “Old McDonald” in 3/4, and that’s basically it. She can mangle pretty good, but not _that_ good! ---
**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355/90 "2009-01-09T12:01:32Z")
‘It’s a half an enchilada and you think you’re gonna drown’ I have to admit I read that one on a misheard lyrics site before I even heard the song, but now I can’t help but sing along in my head like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune-misheard-lyrics-edition/479355.md?page=4)