Like many people, I believed the song 'Lord of the Dance' said "I am the lord of the dance settee," rather than "I am the lord of the dance said he." I had images of people getting up and boogying on this settee. Which, due to childish word connections, happened to be our grey and black settee.
A childhood belief about hymns
others believed things like this
- the dance settee seems to be very popular... I'm another one who thought of Jesus dancing on a sofa....Anon
- I believed I could tap dance by moving my feet real fast. — Aussie
- I used to believe when a dog humped you it was trying to dance with you. Anon
- I used to have to say the Lord's prayer everyday, but I would wonder where my daily bread was.— caledonia
- When I was learning the Lord's Prayer, I used to say, "Our Father, who does art in heaven...."— Karen
I used to believe that the Lord's Prayer instructed us to lead a snot into temptation. — Susan