It’s i before e except after c.
‘You’re joking’, says me to thee.
What about their, leisure, weird and protein?
They’re exceptions to the rule, if you know what I mean.
But there are more exceptions than the rule itself.
I’ll add foreign, weight and height,
That I’ve just pulled off the shelf.
Moreover, there’s sleigh, feisty, seize and height.
There you go, I've beaten that rule outright.