i used to think that the song 'cotton eyed joe' was called ' grandpa joe'!
after singing it i front of every1 at my auntys wedding, my sister kindly pointed out the real words. people still laugh at me whenever they hear that song!
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- i used to believe cotton candy was real cotton after going to chuckie cheese and my brother told me— jennifer
- That song that goes:
I'll never let you go...
I thought he was singing:
Another machine gun...
Haha.— Kelle - In Prince's song "I Would Die for You" I used to think he was singing "Apple Dapple do!" — Sara
- The buckinghams song "kind of a drag", i always thought they were singing, "Canada Dry"— bobbybobby
- When I first heard the song "Constant Craving" by KD Lang, I thought she was singing "God save gravy."Anon
- the beatles song 'mean mr mustard' says "shes a real go-getter", i was sure it was "shes a real coconut"...— sally