i used to believe the song went like this: "mairzydoats and dozydoats and little lamsedivy a kiddle eat divy too wouldn't you?" couln't figure out what those mairzydoats and dozydoats were or what a 'kiddle' was. It wasn't until I was over 20 years old that I heard the real words: "mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy, a kid'll eat ivy too wouldn't you?" Silly how we hear things as children - frightening too when you think about it!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the duo Hall & Oats were farmers. Why else would they name themselves "Haulin' Oats"?— Pat
- I used to believe that the man on the moon was the Quaker Oats man!— Kristen
- I thought Hall and Oates was Holland Oats.Anon
- i used to believe that parents do things to make there children happier. well i was wrong. — Emma C.
- I didn't mind eating lambs brains when I was a kid because I thought it would make me smart.Anon
- I used to think that you wouldn't die unless you got married.— Um...no.