The Wond'rous Wise Man

"There Was a Man in Our Town", also known as "The Wondrous Wise Man" or "There Was a Man in Thessaly" is an English nursery rhyme.

There was a man in Thessaly,
And he was wondrous wise,
He jumped into a thorn bush,
And scratched out both his eyes

And when he saw his eyes were out,
He danced with might and main,
Then jumped into another bush
And scratched them in again.

or

There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise,
He jumped into a bramble-bush,
And scratched out both his eyes;
And when he saw his eyes were out,
With all his might and main
He jumped into another bush
And scratched them in again.

Sources

*https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1666
*http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a92-there-was-a-man-in-thessaly.htm
*https://books.google.com/books?id=Lj4ZAAAAYAAJ&dq=wondrous+wise+man&pg=PA55
*https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Book_of_Nursery_Rhymes/Part_VI
*http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ding/id/10715

English nursery rhymes
English folk songs
English children's songs
Traditional children's songs

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