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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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Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cut and ride show
The Real Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
The Story: I was about 7 and I was at my aunt's. With my cousins, we made a 'show'. We heard this song and sang. We didn't speak any English, so we all sang something about a show, because this was our show. Later, I wondered why they made a song about a show where they're cut whatever and ride. Then, at 15, I saw the video with the title. - Submitted by: Nadine
Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Cut in Eye Joe
The Real Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
The Story: It was actually a friend who misheard the title of the song. He wrote down some songs he wanted me to record onto a tape for him and he wrote the title as 'Cut in eye Joe'. Sounds gruesome. - Submitted by: Hardgroove
Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Good afternoon to Cotton Eye Joe!
I've been married long time long.
The Real Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
The Story: Well, I was still learning English as a second language at the time... - Submitted by: Scandia
Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
N'gah, N'gih'n Cotton Eye Joe,
I've been married long time ago.
The Real Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe,
I'd've been married long time ago.
The Story: Used to sing it this way in my head. Found out the real lyrics from looking at the "repetitive lyrics" section of this site. - Submitted by: Thaddeus Gammelthorpe
Rednex's, "Cotton Eye Joe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Spit out your lymph node Cotton Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago
The Real Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.
The Story: Well, I just about spit out a lymph node when I heard this. - Submitted by: Me Me
Rednex's, "Cotton Eyed Joe"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ready to come and ready to go
Ready to come from Kathmandu 😜
The Real Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
The Story: On the road between Oudtshoorn and Kimberley when my mom was singing it… - Submitted by: Catharina
Rednex's, "Old Pop in an Oak"
The Misheard Lyrics:
Ye never gonna seize the pot that I smoke
The Real Lyrics:
Ever gonna see his old pipe in a smoke
The Story: I saw the misheard lyric on the song's music video on YouTube. - Submitted by: Declan Haselhurst

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