When I was 7, a teacher at school used to sing " My Bonny is over the ocean",
but untill I learned English at the age of 12, I sang:
" My BODY is over the ocean, my BODY is over the se, ..."
Well, I still love the song, no matter the lyrics...
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics
others believed things like this
- I used to think that the song "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" was really "My Body Lies Over the Ocean."Anon
- When Madonna sang "let the choir sing" in "Like a Prayer", I thought she was singing "love by proxy"— Kristen
- I used to think that "extra body" shampoo meant you could use the runoff suds to clean your body.— Christy
- I used to believe that somebody turned the ocean waves off at night.— David
- i didnt knew it rained over the ocean...Anon
- I used to believe that there was an off switch to the ocean so that it could go to sleep at night.Anon