When my younger daughter was small she loved to sing in the car. One day she demanded we sing "The Rabbit In The Sea" It took us at least 15 minutes to figure out that she meant "My Bonny (bunny) Lies Over The Ocean.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- Did anyone else sing "Hark, the hairy angels sing"?— Jill
- My mum said that when I used to sing "noahs arc" at school I would sing "who built the arc, no one, no one"— Clare
- When I was 5, I wanted to be a bunny rabbit when I grew up.— Carrie
- I used to believe that if you saw the Easter Bunny, you would turn into a rabbit!Anon
- i thought the chunks in blue cheese dressing were bunny turds because we had a rabbit and my mom told me soAnon