The term I have heard for misheard lyrics is "Mondegreen." There is an old ballad that goes, "For they have killed lord Randal, and laid him on the green." Most folks heard it as "For they have killed Lord Randal, and Lady Mondegreen."
When I was young I heard The Ballad of Davy Crockett's line "Kil't him a b'ar (bear) when he was only three," as "Killed in a bar when he was only three."
Now I'm imagining Davey Crockett as a zombie or revenant--endowed with superpowers after he came back from his early death. Really it would explain so much.
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Date: 2009-07-21 12:15 pm (UTC)When I was young I heard The Ballad of Davy Crockett's line "Kil't him a b'ar (bear) when he was only three," as "Killed in a bar when he was only three."
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Date: 2009-07-21 02:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-21 02:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-07-21 03:07 pm (UTC)And yes, I think we can now make a decent case for Were-Crockett.