 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.  The American Monthly Magazine - Page 61837Full view - About this book
 | Choruses, Secular (Men's voices), Unaccompanied - 1867 - 108 pages
...shall linger long These charmed scenes among, And oft inspire the song— God save Old Yale ! f 1. There was a man in our town, And he was won-drous wise, 2. And when he saw his eyes were out,With all his might and main, Presto *-j—^—F 1 —j^^FY* I3... | |
 | Old nursery songs - 1869 - 348 pages
...HEKE was a man of our town, And he was wondrous wise : He jump'd into a bramble bush, And scratch'd out both his eyes; And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He jump'd into another bush, To scratch them in again. HERE was a ship, a stately ship, Set sail upon... | |
 | Criticism - 1870 - 748 pages
...in the system he has just adopted ! He had " j umped into a bramble bush And scratched out both bis eyes ; " And when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main, He jumped into another bush To scratch them in again." By just so iar as his new teacher is infallible, it is simply... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...THESSALY. THERE was a man in Thessaly, And he was wond'rous wise, He jumped into a quickset hedge, And scratched out both his eyes ; And when he saw...out, With all his might and main He jumped into a holly bush, OLD KING COLE. THE MAN IN THE MOON. THE man in the moon Came tumbling down, And asked his... | |
 | Little folk - 1873 - 282 pages
...IN THESSALY. THERE was a man in Thessaly, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a quickset hedge, And scratched out both his eyes ; And when he saw...out, With all his might and main He jumped into a holly-bush, And scratched them in again. Nursery Rhymes. LOST RU THI E. T~) UTHIE has wandered away... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1885 - 506 pages
...to be blind, rushing into other thorns he got his eyes. A free translation is the nursery rhyme : ' There was a man in our town, And he was wondrous wise," etc. Yours truly, GEO. HS BUFFALO, NY DBAR ST. NICHOLAS: In one number of ST. NICHOLAS you printed... | |
 | 1910 - 728 pages
...been " wondrous wise " although He jumped into~a quickset hedge And scratched out both his eyes. But when he saw his eyes were out. With all his might and main He jumped into a barberry bush And scratched them in again. 13. St. Clare of Assisi. By the Rev. Leopold de Cheranc6,... | |
 | Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 pages
...Newington, And he was wondrous wise, He jumped into a quickset hedge, And scratched out both his eyes ; But when he saw his eyes were out, With all his might and main He jumped into another hedge And scratched 'em in again. CCCCLXII. IF all the world was apple pie, And all the sea... | |
 | John Mudge Merrick - Classical languages - 1874 - 148 pages
...Mi nubes — ultra I Si dices non Occidam te." Respondit illa " Due, si vis, me." IX. THE BLIND MAN. 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... | |
 | 1875 - 592 pages
...men Couldn't put HumptyDumpty together again. and — Ride a cock-horse To Banbury Cross — and — There was a man in our town And he was wondrous wise, He fell into a gooseberry bush And scratched out both his eyes. And when he saw his eyes were out He sorely... | |
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