I mean, we all think Elton John was singing, “Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” right? Was Johnny Rivers singing, “Secret agent man” or “Secret Asian man?”
Does it matter at a party/wedding if we get the lyrics right as long as our lips are moving and some kind of word is coming out? (Apparently if you lip-sync “watermelon” over and over, you’ll look accurate. Try it!)
Not if you’re a toddler – am I right?!
My (nearly) 4yo loves to sing. All day long. And she doesn’t care if she’s in tune or singing the right words. (Eventually she’ll get it right.) We correct her words sometimes, but never the tune.
However, the word mistakes are the funniest part of her singing! I guess her vocabulary isn’t strong enough yet to understand every word to every song she hears, especially Beatles songs or those in the Wizard of Oz – all of which she loves. She really has no idea she’s saying the wrong words, which makes it even funnier!
Kids really are the best entertainment we’ll ever have, aren’t they?
Here are my kid’s best (worst?) song mistakes:
1. From the Wizard of Oz … the lyrics are: “Ding dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch?! The Wicked Witch! Ding dong, the Wicked Witch is deaaaaaad!”
My child sings, on a several-minute loop, “Ding dong, the witch is dead! Which oh witch, wiggle witch!”

It’s a “wiggle witch!”
2. FromΒ Frozen’s Let it GoΒ … the lyrics are: “I’m never going back! The past is in the paaaaaast!”
My child sings either, “The pastor’s in the past!” or “The plaster’s in the caaaaast!”
3. From The Beatles songΒ Hey Bulldog … the lyrics are: “If you’re lonely you can talk to me!”
My child doesn’t understand the words’ meaning enough to correct her mistaken lyrics: “If you’re lonely you can’t talk to me!”
One day she’ll probably be telling me, “You’re singing it wrong, mom,” so in the meantime I’m going to enjoy these “wrong songs” as my daily dose of laughter!
I’ve got tears in my eyes from laughing so hard! OMGosh! How cute is she? I can hardly type; which is my favorite thought? Wiggle witch!! But then again…The pastor is in the past is pretty good too, right?
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I love the wiggle witch line!!!!!!
I forgot to include that in This Land Is Your Land she says, “from the New Lick Island”!!!!
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My 4 year old sings lyrics wrong too! But It’s so cute I can’t correct her! How fun and enjoy!!
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Love it!! Do share some!!!
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My favourite thing to sing as a kid was, “Stay in the light” instead of “Stayin’ alive.” These made me chuckle. Thanks for sharing!
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That is awesome!!!! And it does make sense…
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yep! Hilarious! Our four year old is doing the same thing. And she sings with so much passion which makes it all the more funny!!! π I’m thinking our girls would be a riot together!! π
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Yes, true – they 100% believe they have the words correct, so to try and correct them is useless… π
They would have a blast singing together!!!!!!
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so funny
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This is just the sweetest
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That last one made me chuckle extra hard. Please don’t correct her. Let her sing it until she finally questions wth is going on with that song π
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HAHA!!! I think that’s a very good idea…. One day she’ll start really asking what a song is about!
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