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A spoonerism occurs when the first letters or syllables of two or more words get swapped. The term spoonerism is named in honor of the Reverend William Archibald Spooner whose students used to write down all the instances of spoonerisms that he made. This page focuses on spoonerisms in song titles.
Entries Beginning with misc
"'Til High Med Falls Off," They Might Be Giants originally "'Til My Head Falls Off"
Evil Olive
"(It's Gonna Be) A Date Grey," Barbra Streisand originally "(It's Gonna Be) A Great Day"
Odie Garfield
"(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Leap At Saul," 5th Dimension originally "(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All"
Sonya Raynos
"(Ray Down) Candles In The Lane," Melanie originally "(Lay Down) Candles In The Rain"
Reese Witherspoonerism
"(Lay Down) Randall's In The Cane," Melanie originally "(Lay Down) Candles In The Rain"
Reese Witherspoonerism
"(Knee Don't Weed This) Fascist Groove Thang," Heaven 17 originally "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"
Roy R. Pryor
"(Dee Won't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang," Heaven 17 originally "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang"
Roy R. Pryor
"Ton, Woo, 3, Soar, 5, Fix, 7," The Transplants originally "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7"
Adlai Alda
"1, Through Tea, Sore, 5, Fix, 7," The Transplants originally "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7"
Adlai Alda
"Ton, Woo, 3, Soar, 5, Fix, 7," The Transplants originally "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7"
Adlai Alda
"10 Lays Date," Third Eye Blind originally "10 Days Late"
A busy, high energy date, I say!
michelle (hell in mice)
"Hen Feet Tie," Blonde Redhead originally "10 Feet High"
D. Melody Dole, MD
"Hen Feet Tie," Blonde Redhead originally "10 Feet High"
D. Melody Dole, MD
"20th Ten Fury Socks," .38 Special originally "20th Century Fox"
Marlene L. Ram
"46 Isles From Malice," Catherine Britt originally "46 Miles From Alice"
Rhoda Dohr
"50 Lays To Weave Your Lover," Paul Simon originally "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Peter
"50 Ways to Love Your Leaver," Paul Simon originally "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover"
crazydon
"Dick's Sunned Aground," Sneaker Pimps originally "6 Underground"
Dick got a real suntan when his ship ran aground!
Amber Penn
"6 Gunned Around," Sneaker Pimps originally "6 Underground"
Amber Penn
"Devin Says," Craig David originally "7 Days"
Christy Blanchard
"Heaven Gates Of Cell," Venom originally "7 Gates Of Hell"
If I had to be in cell,gimme one with Heaven gates
Ned MacCamden
"88 Wines, About 44 Lemon," The Nails originally "88 Lines About 44 Women"
About 4 of the wines are lemon flavored
Eva Cave
"96 Bite Quitter Beings," CKY originally "96 Quite Bitter Beings"
Marlene L. Ram
"96 Bite Quitter Beings," CKY originally "96 Quite Bitter Beings"
Marlene L. Ram
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