There Was a Man in Our Town explained

"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 bushAnd 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 bushAnd scratched them in again.

Sources

• https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1666
• http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a92-there-was-a-man-in-thessaly.htm
• https://books.google.com/books?id=Lj4ZAAAAYAAJ&dq=wondrous+wise+man&pg=PA55
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Book_of_Nursery_Rhymes/Part_VI
• http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ding/id/10715