Singer with microphone that stopped at random

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Singer with microphone that stopped at random's, "Star Spangled Banner"

The Misheard Lyrics:

José, can you flee, buy the Don's pearly flights
But so proudly we fail at the toilet's fast cleaning...
Lose bright stripes and gnawed parts...
And the pocket's dead flair, the bombs thirsting for heir...
O'er the hand of the pee and the poem of the grave.

The Real Lyrics:

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars...
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air...
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

The Story: It was at a football game between two teams wearing orange and green. A student at the green-themed school went up to sing the anthem, and to her horror the microphone fluctuated randomly, resulting in the humiliating rendition of the misheard lyrics. True to this "treason", the green team lost, 19-2, their only points on a safety coincidentally right before halftime when that singer left the field momentarily! - Submitted by: J. S. Middleron

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[A]

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[E]

[F]

[G]

[H]

[I]

[J]

[K]

[L]

[M]

[N]

[O]

[P]

[Q]

[R]

[S]

[T]

[U]

[V]

[W]

[Y]

[Z]

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