mondegreen revisited

[Laurence Horn]

At 11:00 AM -0700 9/4/00, Nancy Elliott wrote:
>When humorous things are added to the list of misinterpreted lyrics, could
>the actual lyrics also be included?
>
>Thanks,
>Nancy Elliott
>Southern Oregon University
>
>>  From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>>  Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>>  Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:20:36 +0800
>>  To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>>  Subject: Re: mondegreen revisited
>>
>>
>>  You mean to tell me that Creedence Clearwater Revival's immortal
>>
>>  There's a hurricane a-risin',
>>  There's a bathroom on the right
>>
>  > didn't make the list?  Sacrilege!
>>

Sorry; I thought this one had already been more than discussed.  The
song is "Bad Moon Rising" and the original for the second quoted line
is "There's a bad moon on the rise".  And I'm afraid the actual
preceding line is really "There's a hurricane a-blowin'"--I just had
risin' on my mind.


larry