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This page contains all the misheard lyrics for The Seekers that have been submitted to this site and the old collection from inthe80s started in 1996.
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There are 19 misheard song lyrics for The Seekers on amIright currently.
"A World Of Our Own"
Now you'll live Saturdays
So far away I've roamed.
Now your lips can erase
The heartaches I've known.
"Come The Day"
A time when every man will be a swan.
A time when every man will be as one.
"Georgy Girl"
Hey there Georgie Gold
Hey there Georgy Girl
"Georgy Girl"
Nobody unique could ever see the loneliness there.
Nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there.
"Georgy Girl"
come shed those downy feathers and try
so shed those dowdy feathers and fly
"Lonesome Traveler"
I travel Poland and I travel Hungary.
I've travelled cold and then I've travelled hungry.
"Red Rubber Ball"
It's somethin' and it's shinin' like a red rubber ball.
It's bouncin', and it's shinin' like a red rubber ball.
"The Carnival Is Over"
But the joys of love I'm greeting
Going now and far and by.
But the joys of love are fleeting
For Pierrot and Columbine.
"The Carnival Is Over"
Coffee roll and Columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
"The Carnival Is Over"
Coffee scrolls and columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
Coffee scrolls are a doughy sweet (with no coffee in them) and so is a Columbine. It made sense to me. Makes me wonder 'bout the real lyrics though.
"The Carnival Is Over"
Far berow and columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
"The Carnival Is Over"
Far we rove and columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
"The Carnival Is Over"
For Pete Rose and Columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
"The Carnival Is Over"
Normie Rowe and Columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
Normie Rowe was an extremely popular singer in Australia around the same time The Seekers were successful. Columbines were a type of caramel-chocolate confectionery sold in Australia.
"The Carnival Is Over"
Poppy row and Columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
"The Carnival Is Over"
Rocky road and columbine
For Pierrot and columbine
"The Carnival Is Over"
Sausage rolls and Columbine
For Pierrot and Columbine
"These Bones Are Gonna Rise Again"
Out of this garden you must git
Go earn your living by your s***.
Out of this garden, you must get
Go earn your living by your sweat.
"You Can Tell The World"
Heard the Lord, he smote the world
Yes, he did, yes, he did
Told about the farmer flame in hand
Yes, he did, yes, he did.
Heard the Lord, he smote the world
Yes, he did, yes, he did
Told about the fires that flame in Hell
Yes, he did, yes, he did.
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