Stephen McGann got people talking about misheard hymn lyrics – our 21 favourites
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My god-daughter had me biting the inside of my mouth to stop from laughing out loud in church when she said bit in the Lord's prayer about "deliver us from email". Can't say I disagree either. 😂
— Valerie Anne McVey (@mcvey_valerie) 15 December 2019
13.
"Come by Car my Lord" made perfect sense to 5 year old me
— ❤SAVE THE NHS❤ (@JoanneSimpson73) 11 December 2019
14.
‘We Three Kings of Orient Are’
I could never understand why Orey and Tar were only 2 countries, but they had 3 Kings. What did the third one do?— Vintage_Maggie (@Vintage_Maggie) 12 December 2019
15.
As a child I remember "there is a green hill far away without a city wall…
….who died to save the saw".
I always wondered "what saw? and why should it be saved?"A while later I worked out it was "save us all"…
— Braithwaiteofficial #bluetick (@wumblemacdumble) 11 December 2019
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When my niece was only a wee one she went around enthusiastically & earnestly singing Silent Night, with the misheard lyric, “Christ the demon is here…”
Brother wasn’t sure how to correct her as that would mean trying to explain what “redeemer” meant. 😂— Cary on and #ITMFA (@this1littlebird) 12 December 2019
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Did you have the one about "The Angel Gabriel from Heaven came…" that ended up with "… most highly flavoured lady, Gloria"? Always made me wonder what flavour Gloria actually was, how he knew (had he licked her?) and why he was telling Mary about her.
— Demotivatrix (@Demotivatrix) 11 December 2019
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As a child I always wondered what a holly bear looked like. ("Of all trees that are in the wood, The holly bears the crown")
— Deena C Clements (@deenamclem) 11 December 2019
20.
The kettle was boiling
The baby awakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying he makes …— dedododon'tdedo (@cannyfarm2) 11 December 2019
21.
Catholic school here, where a favourite prayer began "Hail Mary, full of grapes"…
— Pat Neville (@PatNiNiadh) 11 December 2019
One youngster had clearly been getting ahead of herself with this misheard prayer.
Part of the Hail Mary…. “pray for hussiness” – not sure where I got that word from! Sounds a bit dirty now! Should be “pray for us sinners” 😂😂🤷♀️
— louise wilkinson (@L0uw1lk0) 11 December 2019
But Stephen knew where she was coming from.
I spent much of my teenage years praying for hussiness, I think!
— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) 11 December 2019
This puts a whole new spin on Songs of Praise. We strongly recommend you check out all of the replies.
I just want to thank everybody who's contributed to this thread tonight. You are all brilliant! All of you. 🙂 A little joy in the darkness. Be kind, always. xx https://t.co/5bLqo5d6sy
— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) December 11, 2019
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