Vol. 07 · Misheard ·1500
"Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name."
That isn't the lyric.
What you hear
"Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name."
What's actually sung
"Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name." The Lord's Prayer — Traditional / liturgy (1500)
Why the ear defaults
"Hallowed" is a word almost no child encounters outside church. "Harold" is a common name. Children across the Anglosphere arrive at this mondegreen independently.
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