Where does the word mondegreens come from?

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From a mondegreen from a song entitled The Bonny Earl of Murry where the phrase “laid him on the green” was mistaken as “Lady Mondegreen.”

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Columnist Sylvia Wright mentioned Lady Mondegreen for the first time in a 1954 column entitled, “The Death of Lady Mondegreen,” according to Snopes. Jon Carroll has been publishing columns of mondegreen collectibles for a decade now.

Remember: doughnuts make your brown eyes blue. All of us: you and me, and Leslie.

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Don’t forget Slow-Walkin’ Walter, Fire Engine Guy.

I wonder if he’s the one Hendrix meant to kiss.