I used to think that the song "my Bonnie lies over the ocean" was actually "my body lies over the ocean", about a dead person's ghost singing about his/her floating body :/
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
- I used to believe that a funeral organist was the person who collected the body parts of the deadAnon
- If you had a mouth ulcer it's because you've been telling lies.— David Smithers
- When i was child i used to believe that if you tell lies your nose grows.Anon
- I used to believe rabbits could lay eggs. See what Easter is doing to our children? lies! lie I tell you!— Kitty Kat
- I used to believe if i told lies my nose grow like Pinnochio — Cindy