Word of the day: Mondegreen

mon·de·green (mŏn'də-grēn', môn'-)
n. A series of words that result from the mishearing or misinterpretation of a statement or song lyric. For example, I led the pigeons to the flag for I pledge allegiance to the flag.
[After (Lady) Mondegreen, a misinterpretation of the line (hae laid) him on the green, from the song “The Bonny Earl of Murray”.]*

*So, in the orginal, one line would have sounded like [the mourners/pall-bearers/his kinsmen] had Lady Mondegreen. A much more interesting ending. Come to think of it, Lady Mondegreen would be a great name for a character in a bodice-ripper, I reckon. Haven't written anything like that, though ... well, ever, really. Do I sense a challenge? Hmm ...