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"That's Amore" is a 1953 song by composer Harry Warren [1] and lyricist Jack Brooks, [1] and became a major hit and signature song for Dean Martin, who first recorded and released it that year. Amore ( pronounced [aˈmoːre] ) means "love" in Italian .
The American writer Sylvia Wright coined the term "mondegreen" in an essay "The Death of Lady Mondegreen", which was published in Harper's Magazine in November 1954. [7]In the essay, Wright described how, as a young girl, she misheard the final two lines of the above verse as "they have slain the Earl o' Moray, and Lady Mondegreen."
"Mondegreen" is a song by Yeasayer on their 2010 album, Odd Blood. The lyrics are intentionally obscure (for instance, "Everybody sugar in my bed" and "Perhaps the pollen in the air turns us into a stapler") and spoken hastily to encourage the mondegreen effect. [75] Anguish Languish is an ersatz language created by Howard L. Chace.
"Eppie Morrie" (Roud 2583, Child 223) is a folk ballad of Scottish origin. The author and date are unknown, and as is common with folk ballads, several versions exist. It was printed in James Maidment's anthology A North Country Garland in 1824.
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"Sgt. MacKenzie" is a lament written and sung by Joseph Kilna MacKenzie (1955-2009), [1] in memory of his great-grandfather who was killed in combat during World War I. It has been used in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers and the ending scene of the 2012 film End of Watch.
This song has also been recorded by Lac La Belle, on their first album, called Lac La Belle, in 2009 (Detroit, USA). Jim Moray has recorded a version of this song which is available on his 2010 album In Modern History. The song is sung by Marideth Sisco in the 2010 film Winter's Bone. English folk trio The Staves often perform the song live.
The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders is the fourth studio album by the New York psychedelic folk band the Holy Modal Rounders, released in 1968 through Elektra Records. Although Peter Stampfel does not regard the album highly, it has received positive reviews and its opener, "Bird Song," was notably included in the 1969 film Easy Rider .