There Was a Man in Our Town
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"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 mainHe jumped into another bush And scratched them in again.
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"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 mainHe jumped into another bush And scratched them in again. It is believed to be based on the Greek myth of Bellerophon attempting to ascend Mount Olympus, in which Zeus send a gadfly to bite the winged horse, causing Bellerophon to be thrown into a bramble bush.
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