Another version is:
i before e,
Except after c,
Or when sounded as "a",
As in neighbor and weigh
But seizure and seize do what they please.
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Just seen this again and thought it would interest pedants
I before E
Except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from freshly caffeinated weightlifters. 
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