I wonder how much this was influenced by the common bedtime prayer[0]. "Lay" is the right conjugation with the reflexive pronoun added ("I lay [myself] down"),

I wonder how much this was influenced by the common bedtime prayer[0]. "Lay" is the right conjugation with the reflexive pronoun added ("I lay [myself] down"), and people probably don't consider that "I lie down" needs to be conjugated differently. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_to_Sleep http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Now_I_Lay_Me_Down_to_Sleep