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There are 29 misheard song lyrics for The Andrews Sisters on amIright currently.
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No wings of steel be by my side.
Knowing you'd still be by my side.
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" (MP3)
A pumpkin on the keys
A-plunkin on the keys
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar" (MP3)
But when he plays with the basin guitar
They holler out, 'Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar.'
But when he plays with the bass and guitar
They holler out, 'Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar.'
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
Buy beer, Mr. Shane.
Bei mir bist du Schoen.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
Buy me a bisto shane
Bei mir bist du schoen.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
I really miss you, Shane
Please let me explain.
Bei mir bist du schon
Please let me explain.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
Mephisto is slain.
Bei mir bist du schoen.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
My dear Mr Shane
Bei mir bist du Schoen.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
My dear Mr. Shane
Bei mir bist du schon.
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
My dear bistro chain
Bei mir bist du schoen
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
My dear, Mister Shane
Please, let me explain
Bei mir bist du schoen
Please, let me explain
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" (MP3)
My mean Mr. James!
Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen
First done by the jewish/german group Comedian Harmonists, who had great success in Germany in the years before Hitler came into power.
"Bei Mir bist du schon" (MP3)
My dear Mr. Shane.
Bei mir bist du schon (German) Bei mir bist du sheyn (Yiddish)
It means 'To me (roughly, 'as far as I'm concerned') you are beautiful.' On one episode of "Taxi", the three principals dress in drag as the Andrews Sisters and perform this song--not at all badly.
"Bel Mir Bist Du Schon"
Buy me a beer, Miss Duchene.
Bel mir bist du Schon
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" (MP3)
He was a top man and his crap.
He was the top man at his craft.
"Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy" (MP3)
He can't blow a note unless a bass guitar's playing with him.
He can't blow a note unless a bass and guitar are playing with him.
"Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four" (MP3)
'Cause a solid boils my meat.
'Cause a solid four's my meat.
Great sleeper by the Andrews Sisters. Featured, along with 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' in 1941 Universal flick 'Buck Privates' co-starring Abbott & Costello.
"Corns For My Country" (MP3)
Sweet Joe Pesci
Sweet Joan Leslie
At the time this song came out (mid 1940s), Joe Pesci was a little boy and probably not publicly known at all!
"Cuanto Le Gusta"
Cuanto le goose daddy, goose daddy, goose daddy
Cuanto le gusta, le gusta, le gusta.
Recalled from early childhood. Have hummed and sung to myself many times. Only recently heard the original.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for Queen Amidala.
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Go down, boys, to mama.
Go down Point Cumana.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Got myself ein dollar
Workin' for the Yankee dollar.
Both mother and daughter
Workin' for the Yankee dollar.
Ein = 'one' in German.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Is a fax, man, is a fax
It's a vex, man, it's a vex
And I suppose this song predates fax machines?
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Roman Coca Cola
Rum and Coca Cola
This song came out in 1945, the year that WWII ended. Therefore it should be properly filed under "misc". Don't just put 50s because it's closest to the actual year; that's incorrect.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
When she hear der Bingo croon.
When they hear der Bingle croon.
'Der Bingle' is a nickname for Bing Crosby, the famous crooner. He got this nickname from the German troops in WWII who also enjoyed listening to his recordings.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
When they hear der Bingo croon.
When they hear der Bingle croon.
'Der Bingle' refers to Bing Crosby, the great crooner of that era.
"Rum And Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Working for the young Kedalla.
Working for the yankee dollar.
"Rum and Coca-Cola" (MP3)
Our old man's a yellow bitch
Out on Marzanella Beach
"Woodpecker Song"
Exterminate your lady.
Serenade your lady.