Mangled Rowing Songs

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Mangled Rowing Songs

Post by Peter_S »

Ann and I had a discussion this morning, which led to the following idea for a thread. (See what happens when you get too little sleep! 8-[ )

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, states:

A mondegreen is the mishearing or misinterpretation of a phrase as a result of near-homophony, in a way that gives it a new meaning. It most commonly is applied to a line in a poem or a lyric in a song. American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term in her essay "The Death of Lady Mondegreen," published in Harper's Magazine in November 1954. "Mondegreen" was included in the 2000 edition of the Random House Webster's College Dictionary. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary added the word in 2008. The phenomenon is not limited to English, with examples cited by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in the Hebrew song Háva Nagíla ("Let's Be Happy"), and in Bollywood movies.

That may not be the clearest description, and I thought "Mangled Rowing Songs" was a better title for this topic.

So, to start things off, I offer "One Stroke Over the Line", by Brewer and Shipley.

Peter :lol:

ps: citation of artists is not required.
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Would Queen's "Let me overtrain you" count?
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Thomas W-P wrote:Would Queen's "Let me overtrain you" count?
Wasn't that Robbie Williams..?
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Yes, but the song was called "Let me entertain you!" :fswink:
Athletes row, others just play games

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