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Mondegreens

The term mondegreen - meaning misheard lyric - comes from from Sylvia Wright's mishearing of the "Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and laid him on the green" as "Oh, they have slain the Earl of Moray and Lady Mondegreen". Here are a few examples:

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