> > In one song people thought they said "And they took the Duke of Something and laid him
> > on the green"
> >
> > But The real words were "And they took the Duke of Something and Lady Mondigreen.
>
> I'm sure somebody's already pointed this out, but in fact it was the other way around: "...and they laid him on the green" is the correct version, and "...and the Lady Mondegreen" is the version someone misheard.
>
> Which makes more sense, really.

I guess my favorite example of a misheard Mondegreen lyric is from the Guns 'N Roses single "November Rain".
Where Axl sings "...or I'll just end up walking, in the cold November rain," it actually sounds like:
"...the rockets in the Balkans, in the cold November rain." It really, truly sounds like that.

Seems strangely appropriate.