Posted by Robert Hill on February 11, 1999 at 12:48:45:
In Reply to: Re: Casabianca posted by Robert Dilley on February 11, 1999 at 00:48:37:
I was once taught by an old teacher who would occasionally say,
for some strange reason known best to himself,
"The boy stood on the burning deck,
His trousers wanted mending."
If this version had a third line I never heard it.
The Milligan version makes more sense.