There Was A Man In Our Town

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"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."



This clever man then hastened on

And bought a pair of shears,

But when he tried to cut with them,

He snipped off both his ears.

And when he heard his ears were off,

('T was told him o'er and o'er),

He seized the shears and snipped them back

As they had been before.



"Because," said he, "wise men like me,

Who travel round about,

And keep their eyes, and use them well,

May find some people out.

And if they also use their ears,

And hark what hearsay brings,

They're likewise pretty sure to hear

Some very funny things."



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