When I was young (well, up until I was 22 in fact) I always thought that in the popular hymn, the line was "I am the lord of the dancing bee" and not "I am the lord of the dance said he". Bang went my vision of a giant yellow and black striped being with a halo and beard.
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 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- "Hail Mary, full of grapes, the lord is a tree"— reenie
- I used to htink that the Lord's prayer went "and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us some email..."— Dyth