"There was a man in our town...," by Mother Goose

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"There was a man in our town..."
by Mother Goose

There was a man in our town,
And he was wondrous wise;
He jumped into a brier 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 'em in again.

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