I think we've talked about this before but Snopes has some misheard Christmas lyrics.
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Mondegreen Christmas Lyrics
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SantaMufasa
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To me, the most entertaining Mondegreen of Christmas-song Lyrics are those from English-Second-Language singers who come from parts of the world where there is no snow.
We have a local Polynesian Choir that was presenting a Christmas-song program. They were singing "Sleigh Ride" and the third stanza came out:
![[santa]](/data/assets/smilies/santa.gif "[santa] [santa]")
Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”
We have a local Polynesian Choir that was presenting a Christmas-song program. They were singing "Sleigh Ride" and the third stanza came out:
Following the program, we went up and asked a couple of the singers about the words. They had no concept (in Tongan and Samoan) of comfy or cozy. (Of course, if I went to the South Pacific, I doubt that I would do very well with islanders' words for their songs, so I'm not being critical, just entertained. <grin>)Polynesian Choir said:
Mufasa(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]
“Beware of those that seek to protect you from harm or risk. The cost will be your freedoms and your liberty.”
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