rosebrook -
Actually, the original, the way way way back when original is from a monastic chant, "Ut Queant Laxis". Gave us all the syllables up to "la" - I had to sing it for my school choir two years ago -
Ut queant laxis
Resonare fibris
Mira gestorum
Famuli tuorum
Solve polluti
Labii reatum
Sancte joanes
Some of the spelling's a little iffy, but there you have it.
Sla/n,
Kiwi