Nigel- interesting ...I knew your reference as:

Julius Caesar
The Roman geezer
Killed his wife
With a lemon squeezer.



Sincerely,
Gargoyle

A sport before one game of "The Junior Classical League" (Latin Club) state convention would recite the chant, as a giant "earth ball" 8 foot tall, inflated canvas covered balloon game, that included 100's of students that became crushed in the the "press."