Do You Come From a Land Down Under?

June 22nd, 2010
Okay, before I even get into what this blog post is really about, I have to take a moment to clarify a few possible mondegreens (aka misunderstood or misheard lyrics) that I just finally sorted out when I went to look up the the lyrics to "Land Down Under." I mean, the entire song is basically one big mondegreen—well, for me anyway. See the below for the real lyrics juxtaposed with my mondegreens in parentheses. Traveling in a fried-out combie (not sure what I thought that was) On a hippie trail, head full of zombie (ditto) I met a strange lady, she made me nervous She took me in and gave me breakfast And she said, "Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? (I definitely didn't know it was "plunder") Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover." Buying bread from a man in Brussels ("I'm bred from a man in Brussels") He was six foot four and full of muscles I said, "Do you speak-a my language?" He just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich And he said, "I come from a land down under Where beer does flow and men chunder ("chunder" means to throw up—just looked that one up) Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover." Lying in a den in Bombay ("I met a man in Bombay"—gee, I guess I thought that the Men at Work dudes were pretty darn friendly) With a slack jaw, and not much to say I said to the man, "Are you trying to tempt me" ("I said to the man, 'Are you trying to touch me?'") Because I come from the land of plenty?" And he said, "Oh! Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder? Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder? You better run, you better take cover." Oh—and this has really nothing to do with the post  but it's worth including: My daughter was singing "Rock the dance floor! Rock the dance floor!" yesterday in the car (instead of "Rock the Casbah.") Sorry, Joe. RIP. Okay, and now back to the Land Down Under by way of the US-based, mom-owned PoppyClementine.com. Poppy Clementine is the only US webstore that sells Three Little Trees, an adorable line from Australia. Is that tee and bloomers set a beauty, mate (holla, Wiggles!) or what? Things to know: 1. Most of the collection is on super-sale right now. 2. The line is for babies and kids. 3. The Jitterbug shorts are almost too much for me to handle—they are so cute! 4. You can get 15% off all non-sale items with code TFG15 5. I thought "Sharif don't like it" was "I really don't like it."

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