I used to believe that the song "Amazing Grace" was about an old, blind bag lady who begged for money on the streets. One day, she had enough money for eye surgery.

Thus - she was once blind, but now could see.

Someone told me that was the meaning of the song.

Anon

My father was a minister so I went to church regularly and even as a small child knew the words to almost all the hymns. When we visited my grandmother where my youngest aunt was still living at home she and I used to sit in the porch swing and take turns choosing hymns to sing. One of her favorites was "At the Cross" but one day when she chose it I informed her that my Mom didn't allow me to sing about worms. Remember the original version; "...for such a worm as I?" Now we sing "...for sinners such as I."

Sarah

Whenever we sang the song "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us", I thought we where singing about Shirley Goodness, and I thought she would be a lot like Shirley Temple.

E

When I was six, I used to think the song "Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly" went "Deck the Halls with Boston Charlie." I still sorta sing it that way to myself, 30 years later!

Kelly

I used to think the song"jesus, oh what a wonderful child so holy, meek and mild" was "so holy, Mickey Mouse"

Stephani

There is a hymn with the line "I love those dear hearts and gentle people". My mother was horrified when my sister, who was 3 or 4, sang for the Prayer Meeting group "I love those dear hearts and DAMNED OLD PEOPLE"....

marjorie

MY BROTHER LIKED THE SONG "HOW GREAT THOU ART." WHEN THEY SANG IT IN CHURCH. HE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE SINGING "I'LL BREAK THOU ARM."

Anon

One of my favorite Christmas carols was "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen". There's the line in there that says "and save us all from Satan's powers." I thought it was "and save us all from saltine crackers." I never questioned why saltines were so evil.

Susan C-C.

Around Easter, I would always become suspicious of gravy boats and what was in th bottom of them. We would sing "Low in the grave he lay. Jesus our savior".

I thought it was "Low in the gravy lay.....".

linda

I used to think iI had a "piece of plastic, piece of plastic, down in my heart to stay"

The real words are "peace that passes understanding"

(still looking for a "round young virgin")

BoB

When I was a child growing up in the Baptist church we sang a song call "Bringing in the Sheeves", I thought it was "Bringing in the Sheets", and all I could think of was my mother bringing the clothes in off the line and it certainly didn't make her rejoice to bring the sheets.

Crussie Edwards

aAt school we had to learn all the hymns by ear and in "All things bright and beautiful" I used to sing "How great is God or Mitty"!!!!

Heather

I used to believe that the line in the hymn We Three Kings was:

"We Three Kings of Orientar"

revs.org

"God be with you 'til we meet again, with his sheets securely fold you....." That's what I sang until I graduated to senior choir, which marked the demise of my belief in a heaven fitted with carved cedar doors where all slept safe, tucked into fresh, white sheets.

Cynde Roberts

I used to sing 'I am the Lord of the done seatee' insted of 'I am the lord of the dance said he.'

Because we never had hym books or an overhead projector in infant school, so you had to sort of guess what others were singing!

Anon

When I was at first school one of the songs we used to sing in assembly used to go "I am the Lord Of The Dance said he" but I thought it was "I am the Lord Of The Dance settee"!! Even when I found out I was wrong I still stuck with my version because it was more fun!!

Denise

I used to believe that we were singing "Rosanna in the highest" in church, instead of "Hosanah" and I wondered for many years why I hadn't heard of Rosanna anywhere else.

David J.