ext_42943 ([identity profile] desperance.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] owlfish 2012-09-28 02:09 am (UTC)

Wikipedia's "most common modern version" is the one I grew up with, as did all right-thinking English people. I note that their alternate version has the alternate wording, but also offers jam and bread in lieu of roast beef. There's probably a lesson in that.

I also note that - as suspected - the verse is English in origin, so we're right by definition. Harrumph.

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