i used to ask my mom to sing me the song about "the mice". "deedle deedle dumpling, mice on john". actually nursery rhyme about "my son john". we had a farm, and there were lots of mice. made sense to me!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- My dad told me SPAM was made of Squirrel, Possum, and Mice YUM YUM — Suzanne
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to think all mice were white and those whom had other coloring were just painted— Feral
- I used to believe cats ate dogs and mice ate elephants— lucien
- I use to believe that there were mice in the stoplights controlling when they would change colors.— Krystal M.
- I used to think that Mice controlled the Stop lights and crosswalk signs.Anon