Long John Brown & Little Mary Bell

Little Mary Bell had a Fairy in a Nut,
Long John Brown had the Devil in his Gut;
Long John Brown lov'd little Mary Bell,
And the Fairy drew the Devil into the Nutshell.

Her Fairy skip'd out, & her Fairy skip'd in;
He laugh'd at the Devil saying, 'Love is a Sin.'
The Devil he raged, & the Devil he was wroth,
And the Devil enter'd into the Young Man's broth.

He was soon in the Gut of the loving Young Swain,
For John eat & drank to drive away Love's pain;
But all he could do he grew thinner and thinner,
Though he eat & drank as much as ten Men for his

dinner.
Some said he had a Wolf in his stomach day & night,
Some said he had the Devil, & they guess'd right;
The fairy skip'd about in his Glory, Joy, and Pride,

And he laugh'd at the Devil till poor John Brown Died.
Then the Fairy skip'd out of the old Nutshell,
And woe & alack! for Pretty Mary Bell;
For the Devil crept in when the Fairy skip'd out.

And there goes Miss Bell with her fusty old Nut.