When we used to sing the hymn "O happy day" in Sunday school I used to think that the line "he taught me how to watch and pray" was actually "he taught me how to wash and play" - as young child seemed to make sense....
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to believe God had a pet tortoise. There was a hymn we sang that went "Great things he hath taught us"— Lozza
- As a child I was taught that the tooth fairy would buy our teeth so she could add them to her crown.— Lola
- i used to belive that children had to be taught how to breathe.— Dave
- When i was little i was so scared of cats, because i taught the turned in to tigers if you saw them.Anon
- When I was little I taught that a volcano was a fish.Don't know why,it just sounded like a fish name.— Daniel
- My mum said that when I used to sing "noahs arc" at school I would sing "who built the arc, no one, no one"— Clare