Life has become easier with internet access to unlimited information. Growing up, we didn't have that luxury and kids today will never know what that felt like. It was fun anyway, and I’m sure many still long for those glorious days.
Part of what we suffered then was being unable to google song lyrics, and oh boy! We sang nonsense. The funniest part has to be how we sing the nonsense with so much confidence. Gospel songs particularly suffered this fate most. But it’s not all our fault; our teachers didn't do well with the nursery rhymes either.
Today, we are taking a drive back and doing a lyrics check on some of the most popular songs back then.
1. ‘Mr macaroni, riding on the bicycle
It's actually Mr Mark Anthony, riding on the bicycle. How did we even arrive at Macaroni in the first place?
2. ‘The most excellency is Jesus’
It’s The most excellent king is Jesus, shout hallelujah amen. Now, look at the first one well, does it even make sense to say most excellency? Well, they both sound alike when singing sha.
3. ‘Sandalili sandalili’
It’s the way we proudly sang this song at school parties while parading ourselves in lab coats and wearing a lawyer's wig for me. It’s Standard living, standard living. Now that makes a lot of sense, doesn’t it?
4. ‘Yayi, yayi, Yesu yayi azumba zumba zumba Yesu yayi’
There are actually several wrong versions of this song. Almost everybody just strings any set of words together in the second part of that song. It’s actually Abun da mutum be yi ba Yesu yayi. Please don't ask me to pronounce it.
5. ‘Praise the lord, oh sing oh sing oh, praise the lord’
We got this wrong as kids and are still getting it wrong as adults. Oh my! The next time you sing it, please remember it is Oh sing my soul, praise the Lord. Praise the Lord correctly, please.
6. ‘Jingu bell, Jingu bell, jingu on the way, Father Christmass open yansh, everybody shout, eh!’
We did know we were singing rubbish here, but it didn’t matter to us. We didn't even care about the correct one because this wrong one was quite fun. Now that we are adults, it’s time to repent. The correct one is Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!
7. ’Jangilova epo moto’
This has to be the height of it. I think we need to find who first sang this wrongly and ask what actually happened. Anyway, it’s Jingle over like a motor. It does sound close enough though.
I am sure you sang at least one of the songs on this list, so when did you realise you have been singing nonsense all along? Or were you today years old when you found out? If that is you, go and sin no more!
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