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The Kingston Trio's, "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey"
Misheard Lyrics:
'How vast, Miss Bailey,' then he cried, 'your c*** affrights me, really.'
'Dear Captain Smith,' the ghost replied, 'you bruised me unctioned tea leaves.
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'How fast, Miss Bailey,' then he cried, 'you've come to fright me, really.'
'Dear Captain Smith,' the ghost replied, 'you loosed me engine wheelie.
'Dear Captain Smith,' the ghost replied, 'you bruised me unctioned tea leaves.
or
'How fast, Miss Bailey,' then he cried, 'you've come to fright me, really.'
'Dear Captain Smith,' the ghost replied, 'you loosed me engine wheelie.
Original Lyrics:
'Avast, Miss Bailey,' then he cried, 'you can't affright me, really.'
'Dear Captain Smith,' the ghost replied, 'you used me ungenteelly.
'Dear Captain Smith,' the ghost replied, 'you used me ungenteelly.
The Kingston Trio's, "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey"
Misheard Lyrics:
He took to drinking rabbit pee
And fought upon Miss Bailey.
And fought upon Miss Bailey.
Original Lyrics:
He took to drinking ratafia
And tho't upon Miss Bailey.
And tho't upon Miss Bailey.
The Kingston Trio's, "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The coroner's quest goes hard with me because I acted freely.
Original Lyrics:
The coroner's quest goes hard with me because I acted fraily.
The Kingston Trio's, "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey"
Misheard Lyrics:
The hornets' nest's so hard to beat because I acted frailly
or
The hornets' nest won't bother me because I acted frailly
or
The horn is west coast's Harvard meet because I acted frailly
or
The foreigner's west coast harbours me because I acted frailly.
or
The hornets' nest won't bother me because I acted frailly
or
The horn is west coast's Harvard meet because I acted frailly
or
The foreigner's west coast harbours me because I acted frailly.
Original Lyrics:
The coroner's quest goes hard with me because I've acted freely.
The Kingston Trio's, "The Unfortunate Miss Bailey"
Misheard Lyrics:
When ninety times he went to bed
For he had Congo fever.
For he had Congo fever.
Original Lyrics:
One night betimes he went to bed
For he had caught a fever.
For he had caught a fever.
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