The Pickering Manuscript/Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell
Pretty Little Mary Bell had a Fairy in a NutYoung Long John Brown had the Devil in his GutYoung Long John Brown lovd Pretty Little Mary BellAnd the Fairy drew the Devil into the Nut-shell
Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell
Her Fairy skipd out & her Fairy skipd inHe laughd at the Devil saying Love is a SinThe devil he raged & the Devil he was wrothAnd the devil enterd into the Young Mans broth
He was soon in the Gut of the loving Young SwainFor John eat & drank to drive away Loves painBut all he could do he grew thinner & thinnerTho he eat & drank as much as ten Men for his dinner
Some said he had a Wolf in his stomach day & nightSome said he had the Devil & they guessd rightThe fairy skipd about in his glory Joy & PrideAnd he laughd at the Devil till poor John Brown died
Then the Fairy skipd out of the old Nut shellAnd woe & alack for Pretty Mary BellFor the Devil crept in when The Fairy skipd outAnd there goes Miss Bell with her fusty old Nut