"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

There Was a Man in Our Town

And when he saw his eyes were out, He danced with might and main, Then jumped into another bush And scratched them in again.

There Was a Man in Our Town

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 main He jumped into another bush And scratched them in again.

There Was a Man in Our Town

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

English nursery rhymes

English folk songs

English children's songs

Traditional children's songs