[goodbye/farewell] ___, [we/i] barely knew [thee/ye/you].

Posted by Fred on November 11, 2006

I was wondering the origin of the phrase: [goodbye/farewell] ___, [we/i] barely knew [thee/ye/you].
as in, "Farewell Pluto, we barely knew thee." I think the goodbye/farewell is optional as well.

• We hardly knew ye Smokey Stover 13/November/06
  • We hardly knew ye Bob 13/November/06
    • We hardly knew ye Smokey Stover 14/November/06
      • We hardly knew ye Bob 14/November/06