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Then there;s this one; (heard it this AM....laughed out loud!)

Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes…
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Surely you’ve heard the old joke:

Roy had a brand new pair of shoes. He goes to visit his friend. Being polite, he removed his shoes and leaves them at the door. While visiting with his friend, the friend’s cat discovers Roys new shoes, likes the smell and proceeds to chew them up. Roy goes ballistic. The friend, feeling very bad, has a dilemma: he has two cats. One of the cats enters the room at that moment. The friend then asks: Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?

In case you forgot the old song; here you go!

Chatanooga Choo Choo
Song by Glenn Miller Orchestra
Lyrics Videos Listen
Hi there Tex, what you say
Step aside partner, it's my day
Bend an ear & listen to my version

Of a really solid Tennesse excursion

Pardon me, boy
Is that the Chattanooga choo choo?

Yes yes track twenty-nine
Boy, you can gimme a shine

Can you afford
To board the Chattanooga choo choo

I've got my fare
And just a trifle to spare

You leave the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four
Read a magazine and then you're in Baltimore
Dinner in the diner
Nothing could be finer

Then to have your ham an' eggs in Carolina

When you hear the whistle blowin' eight to the bar
Then you know that Tennessee is not very far

Shovel all the coal in
Gotta keep it rollin'

Woo, woo, Chattanooga there you are
There's gonna be
A certain party at the station
Satin and lace
I used to call "funny face"

She's gonna cry
Until I tell her that I'll never roam
So Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?

Chattanooga Chattanooga
Get aboard
Chattanooga Chattanooga
All Aboard

Chattanooga Chattanooga
Chattanooga choo choo
Won't you choo-choo me home?
Chatanooga Choo Choo

Source: LyricFind

Robecology 9 Dec 23
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This mishearing of lyric is in literary terms called a "Mondogreen"

Some other famous ones are
While shepherds washed their socks by night
What's a glove got to do with it
Rule Britannia, Britons never, never, never shall be shaved
Beelzebub has a devil for a sideboard
‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy.
Me ears are alight

"Bring me an iron lung" (Stevie Winwood)

@annewimsey1

Never heard that one; and loved Winwood!

[kissthisguy.com]

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As a child I misunderstood, and hated, the line from the hymn. "There is a green hill far away, without a city wall."
I used to think that it was a horrible tautology. (Though I did not know the word tautology then.) Because surely, if it was a green hill, then it could not have a city on it. And I did not at that age, know and understand the archaic use of, "without" meaning, outside off, as opposed to the modern meaning of, lacking.

Actually, I still hate that hymn. But that is because, I now know that the "green" bit is a horrible pretentious metaphor. Yuck !

3

I only saw the first few lines of your post in the teaser, so of course I had to sing it. I remember the joke. My mom used to play "Chatanooga Choo Choo" on the piano a lot when I was a girl, so of course we'd look over her shoulder and sing the words as she played. Some of the good times in the old days!

2

I have 2 Glenn Miller CD's, they are delightful!!!!!!!

Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman my two favourite big band sounds

2

I recall that Charlie Weaver (Clifford Arquette) sang that song to Roy Rogers (Leonard Slye) on national TV. Everyone laughed. Charlie also always called Roy by the name Leonard.

Which was his real name......

@annewimsey1 Roy Rogers is Leonard Sly and Charlie Weaver is Clifford Arquette

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