Children's misheard words or song lyrics

The other week DGS kept asking DD to be a big black man so he could fight him. This was in a busy shopping street and the more she ignored him the louder he said it and the greater her embarrassment at having raised this apparently racist child. Finally the penny dropped. He had his Spiderman suit on and wanted her to be Batman so he could fight him

When I was a teenager a friend's mother used to sing

They call her frying pan, looking for a man.

(They call her smartypants, looking for romance)

When I was a young child and Sunday Mass was in Latin, there used to be a verse I remember "Kyrie eleison" (which I think is Greek) these words would be repeated a number of times followed by a repetition of Christie eleison, anyway for a long time I thought the priest was saying "Kyrie he got lace on, Christie he got lace on"

TerriBull

As a child raised RC I really get that one.

I remember the priest saying repeatedly during a school service

"Ora ben nobis,"

The little boy next to me in church tugged my sleeve and said,

"Why is he singing about me?"

His name was Ben Lewis.

@terribull - Yes Kyrie = Lord - well, these days it means Mr or Sir. That's democracy for you!

I think the Latin phrase is 'Ora pro nobis', isn't it? (Pray for us.)

Thanks feetlebaum - It is Ora pro nobis - another example of a child mishearing.