We used to sing Gordon Lightfoot's "Alberta Bound" as "I'll burn the barn."
A childhood belief about misheard lyrics

others believed things like this
- I used to think people on the telly could see me. I hated getting my pyjamas on in front of Gordon Honeycomb.— Michelle James
- My friend told me she had invented the expression 'Gordon Bennett' and I believed her!— SueE
- Did anyone else sing "Hark, the hairy angels sing"?— Jill
- 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
- i used to think if i would eat spicy food i would burn and die— Bill
- I used to be terrified of fire-flys because I believed they would burn if they landed on me.— kevin