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This page contains a list of the songs that have stories about their misheard lyrics submitted.

Song names are sorted by first letter, excluding A and The. This is sorted by song title only, not by song title and performer. So if two different performers preformed the same song, you'll see misheard lyrics for both on the same page (provided the song title was spelt the same both times, and misheard lyrics have been submitted for both!).


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Paul & Linda McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey had to fight me
He had to have a bath or he couldn’t put to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and potter pie.
Potter pie?
I wondered what smelled so horrible and high.
The Real Lyrics:
Admiral Halsey notified me,
He had to have a berth or he couldn't get to sea
I had another look and I had a cup of tea and a butter pie
Butter pie?
The butter wouldn't melt so I put it in the pie.
The Story: Not sure who did the sound on Sir Paul’s early solo albums, but unless he shouts, I couldn’t make out what he was singing. Perhaps crappy AM radio had something to do with it as well. - Submitted by: Dick Laurent
Paul & Linda McCartney's, "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"
The Misheard Lyrics:
And I had a cup of tea and a butterfly
(A butterfly?)
The Real Lyrics:
And I had a cup of tea and a butter pie
(A butter pie?)
The Story: I wondered what it meant here. Butterflies are popular in the summer. - Submitted by: Cody Finke
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