My parents listened to Kenny Rodgers when I was younger. Up until very recently both me and my sister (who are 26 and 21 respectively). Thought that the lines in Lucille said 'four hundred children' instead of 'four hungry children'. We just thought it was a case of country music style exagggeration.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- My daddy used to think that there was a children-police that killed children who was bad— jonnie
- I used to believe if you listened to to music upside down the music would be backwards— HOopty
- That numbers went 1-99 the A hundred, a hundred and one til a hundred and ninety nine. Then ONE hundred...— Foolhardy
- that when I grew to be an adult my parents would be children.— Rainbow