Elijah was a shepherd boy of wild and woolly make
Half the farm belonged to him, and half to brother Jake.
Elijah saw his title to the farm was not so clear
So he sold it to his brother for a sandwich and a beer.


It was Esau, not Elijah, who sold his birthright to his twin brother Jacob for a mess of pottage.

"Esau was a cowboy from the wild and woolly west
It seemed that he owned half the ranch, his brother Jake the rest
The fault lay in a contract that wasn't very clear
So he sold the whole caboodle for a butty and a beer"

DC