If you are a church boy or church girl, this article would interest you, as we chronicle 10 common songs that have been sung wrongly in Nigerian churches.
We don’t mean to shake your table, but we knew someone needed to do something urgently when we saw that grown ups, including choristers, have been singing the wrong lyrics.
In this article, we compare and contrast the different lyrical variations of many songs sung in Nigerian churches today.
- This song is mostly sung differently by people in the same congregation
(Wrong)
Aka aka
Aka Jehovah nne me na
Oru ebube ya
Nke ne rura (the rest is history)
(Right)
Aka Aka ya
Aka Jehovah na’eme mma
Olu Ebube ya
Nke na eruari na’ebem no
Isi iyi nke ndu
Nke na dighi ata’ta
Aka Aka ya
Aka Jehovah na’eme mma
- This song should be awarded the most confusing song in the world. There have been different corrections from the initial wrong lyrics and till today there is still a clash on how it should be sung
Initial lyrics:
Praise the Lord
Osingo singo, praise the Lord
The two factions:
Praise the Lord
Oh singer, sing on, praise the Lord
Or
Praise the Lord
Oh sing my soul praise the Lord
- Shockingly and totally sung wrongly by many
(Wrong but sensible)
All the way to Calvary he wept for me, he wept for me, he wept for me
All the way to Calvary he wept for me, he wept for me, he wept for me. He died to set me free.
(The correct lyrics)
All the way to Calvary He went for me, He went for me, He went for me.
All the way to Calvary, He went for me, And now He’s set me free.
- The most proudly, enthusiastically, and wrongly sung lyrics
(Sincerely wrong)
The most excellency is Jesus
Shout Hallelujah amen
(Right)
The most excellent king is Jesus
Shout hallelujah amen
- This is the second most sincerely wrong lyrics
(Wrong)
You are highly lifted up
There is no one like you
Halle Halle hallelujah
(Right)
You are high and lifted up
There is no one like you
Halle Halle hallelujah
- Another sincerely wrong lyrics
(Sincerely wrong)
All other Gods
They are the works of men
You are the only one
There is none like You
(Correct lyrics)
All other Gods
They are the works of men
You are the only God
There is none like You
- Another sincerely wrong lyrics
(Sincerely wrong)
We are going higher
We are going higher, higher every day
Exceedingly great
(Correct lyrics)
We are going higher
We are going higher, very great
Exceedingly great
- The most mouth-munching lyrical song of all time
(Unapologetically wrong)
Onye ne me mma (mouth munch)
Chineke idinma
(Right)
Onye ne me mma lakpe Pere na la
Chineke idinma
- Second most mouth-munched lyrics of all time
Ime Imela
Imela Jehovah Imela
Anyi n’kele (the rest is history)
(Right)
Ime Imela
Imela Jehovah Imela
Anyi n’ekele gi
N’si gi Imela
Ime Jehovah Imela
- The most complicated of all time
The right way to sing it below, let’s not even get started on the various versions 😂😂
(Correct lyrics)
Yayi yayì Yesu yayi
Abu’nda mutum ba yi ba
Yesu yayi
Now that you know, don’t beat yourself up too much. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
Most of us, have, at one point or the other, been guilty of singing the wrong lyrics. But… even though… still… regardless… haba. We need to take things easy.
Which song can you remember vividly that you sang wrongly in church?
How many years did it take for you to realize that you enthusiastically sang the wrong lyrics?
Have you read- It’s gonna be okay?
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