As a child, I thought the song "The farmer in the dell" was instead "The farmer AND the dell". I knew what a farmer was from the time I first remember hearing it. But I spent a lot of time wondering what kind of occupation one would have if one were a "dell", before I finally learned the real lyrics and what a dell actually is.
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the expression "The former or the latter?" was actually "The farmer or the ladder?" — Fitzwilliam
- I spent ages wondering what a bart ender was as a child without realising that it was actually bar tender.— Heather
- I thought the song "Party Time" by Moby was actually saying "heart attack" (this was before I knew the title)— Elviessa
- My mum always thought the lyrics to macy grays song was i try to say goodbye to my chook.— alana
- The buckinghams song "kind of a drag", i always thought they were singing, "Canada Dry"— bobbybobby
- in the song with the lyrics "take your passion" my sister used to always think it was "take your pants off"— Steped