Did I hear that right?

No, you didn’t. Lady Mondegreen has struck again!

Mondegreens are like the Energizer Bunny, they just keep going and going, right up to the current day. For example, many people misunderstand the line “The burgundy on my T-shirt” from Taylor Swift’s song “Maroon” as “The Burger King on my T-shirt.” And some have thought she’s singing “You take my hand and drag me head first, feet last”” instead of “You take my hand and drag me head first, fearless,” from her song “Fearless.”

In case you don’t remember when we explored some classic mondegreens in this column a few years ago (and why should you?), according to Merriam-Webster: “A mondegreen is a word or phrase that results from a mishearing, especially of something recited or sung.”

The term was coined by essayist Sylvia Wright who in 1954 listened to her mother read a poem that included the passage “They hae slain the Earl Amurray and laid him on the green.” What Wright thought her mother said was “They hae slain the Earl Amurray and Lady Mondegreen.” The poor woman!

The term, which is also known as an “oronym,” was later popularized by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll.

So let’s take a look at some more mondegreens, starting with Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty, who some thought must have worked as a flight attendant when he advised fans that “There’s a bathroom on the right.” Actual lyrics: “There’s a bad moon on the rise.” (Some folks also thought there might be a baboon on the rise.)

Other animals also seem to be subjects of popular mondegreens. “The ants are my friends, they’re blowin’ in the wind,” are probably not what Bob Dylan had in mind when he wrote about where to look for the answers to all the questions he posed in his popular 1962 protest ballad.

And if I’m paranoid enough to hear “police have a dog” when I’m listening to Jose Feliciano’s Christmas classic “Feliz Navidad,” please hit me with your pet shark, which is what some people think they hear when listening to Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”

Be careful, because I’m here to warn you that if you buy those “Two Tickets to Paradise” from Eddie Money, you might just end up between two chickens with parrot eyes. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Speaking of chickens, you know that girl who left the Beatles, the one with a”Ticket to Ride”? Well, some people thought she was leaving because she had a tick in her eye. Ouch.

Some listeners to Elvis Presley’s “Jailhouse Rock” thought the whole cell block was in a wholesale frock. If that’s the case, it’s easy to see how ZZ Top singing “everybody’s crazy ‘bout a sharp-dressed man” got some fans “crazy ‘bout a shot-glass man.”

If you’ve ever wondered what Bachman-Turner Overdrive was up to when they were “Takin’ Care of Business,” some folks think it might have been “makin’ carrot biscuits.”

I always believed that if “slow-walking Walter, fire engine guy” had moved a little faster, Deep Purple might not have had to sing about “smoke on the water, fire in the sky.”

And finally, is it better to say “I’ve Got a Bad Case of Lovin’ You,” as Robert Palmer did, or “I’ve got a backache from loving you.” I’ll leave that choice up to you.

Jim Witherell of Lewiston is a writer and lover of words whose work includes “L.L. Bean: The Man and His Company” and “Ed Muskie: Made in Maine.” He can be reached at jlwitherell19@gmail.com.