Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
There Was a Man in Thessaly
There Was a Man in Thessaly
There Was a Man in Thessaly
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 bush
And scratched them in again.
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SNQ IV.5 (Oct. 1890), 94, from Aberdeenshire.
Cf. "Johnnie Lad". ODNR 402 (no. 498), first ref. c. 1744.
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OCT98