In the Dawn classic, 'Tie a yellow Ribbon round the old oak tree' I thought one of the line was 'The scarlet fleas look for me' couldn't for the life of me think what scarlet fleas had to with it!! Of course the real line is 'Bus driver, please look for me' I was very young at the time!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that flea markets were a place people sold fleas, or the place was infested with fleas— Kelley
- When I was a kid I thought Mary had a little lamb whose FLEAS were white as snow.— jen
- When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa
- When I first heard the words "flea market", I actually thought it meant "selling fleas".Anon
- I used to think the Flea Markets actually sold fleas...Anon
- That flea markets sold fleas.— Sarah