Well, Gus Meade's earliest date is 1882 in the "Yale Songster" so maybe Yale WAS aheard of Harvard if GUEST's datee of 1883 is correct. WHen I sing it I use a conglomerate of verses from Harry C. Browne (CO A2502) and the Skillet Lickers (CO 15200-D) with some bowlderization for political correctness.
Pete Peterson
PhD. Yale 1970 (but that was in another life)