Monday, November 16, 2009

Mangled Lyrics

Don't you love how kids hear a song and yet as they don't really understand the words, have a set of bizarre words that they sing instead of what the lyricist wrote?

Tboy's preschool has begun practicing for their Christmas program. The last song they sing is "We Wish You a Merry Christmas."

In the tub tonight he was singing " I wish you a merry kinsman, I wish you a merry kinsman, I wish you a merry kinsman and a happy and you know it!" On the last line, the tune kind of morphs into the tune for "If you're happy and you know it clap your hands."

"What is a kinsman?" I asked him.

"I don't know. It is just how the song goes!"