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 Post subject: Re: Misheard song lyrics
PostPosted: Sun 30 Jun 2013 11:59 am 
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A much younger me (3) samg '' through the fields of clover, we'll ride upside over" rather than "up to Dover" since I had no idea of what a dover was


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 Post subject: Re: Misheard song lyrics
PostPosted: Fri 05 Jul 2013 9:47 pm 
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I've just stumbled on this site which might be of help in getting the words right and understanding what they mean -
www.songsinirish.com and it's also linked to www.joeheaney.org


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 Post subject: Re: Misheard song lyrics
PostPosted: Sat 06 Jul 2013 12:05 am 
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Every time our family drives past the exit for Los Baños we sing "There's a bathroom on the right!"

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 Post subject: Re: Misheard song lyrics
PostPosted: Sun 07 Jul 2013 3:50 am 
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When I was learning the alphabet I was taught to sing the little ditty about the letters.

I never could figure out that "Ellenimo" was really 4 different letters. :^:

I eventually did! (couple of years ago LOL)


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 Post subject: Re: Misheard song lyrics
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And if you grew up in a heavily Baptist area, you might as a child have learned the song about "Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear".

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 Post subject: Re: Misheard song lyrics
PostPosted: Mon 08 Jul 2013 9:58 pm 
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CaoimhínSF wrote:
And if you grew up in a heavily Baptist area, you might as a child have learned the song about "Gladly the Cross-Eyed Bear".


Yup. And "What a friend we have in cheeses."

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