I'm from Germany, and, listening to
Enya's latin "cursum perficio", I
always heard (and if I want to still
hear) "Katz und Maus" for "cur-su-m".
Translated, the song then goes:
cat and mouse - perficio
cat and mouse - perficio
I used to thinkg this was so incredibly
stupid.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

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