The Real Mother Goose/The Man in Our Town

by Blanche Fisher Wright

For other versions of this work, see There Was a Man in Our Town.

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THE MAN IN OUR TOWN

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