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Long John Brown and Little Mary Bell

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Little Mary Bell had a Fairy in a nut，

Long John Brown had the Devil in his gut¹；

Long John Brown lov'd little Mary Bell，

And the Fairy drew the Devil into the nutshell.

Her Fairy skipp'd out and her Fairy skipp'd in；

He laugh'd at the Devil， saying `Love is a sin.'

The Devil he raged， and the Devil he was wroth，

And the Devil enter'd into the young man's broth².

He was soon in the gut of the loving young swain，

For John ate and drank to drive away love's pain；

But all he could do he grew thinner and thinner，

Tho' he ate and drank as much as ten men for his dinner.

Some said he had a wolf in his stomach day and night，

Some said he had the Devil， and they guess'd right；

The Fairy skipp'd about in his glory， joy and pride，

And he laugh'd at the Devil till poor John Brown died.

Then the Fairy skipp'd out of the old nutshell，

And woe³ and alack for pretty Mary Bell！

For the Devil crept in when the Fairy skipp'd out，

And there goes Miss Bell with her fusty old nut.

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1 gut
n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏
参考例句：
It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。 My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

2 broth
n.原(汁)汤(鱼汤、肉汤、菜汤等)
参考例句：
Every cook praises his own broth.厨子总是称赞自己做的汤。 Just a bit of a mouse's dropping will spoil a whole saucepan of broth.一粒老鼠屎败坏一锅汤。

3 woe
n.悲哀，苦痛，不幸，困难；int.用来表达悲伤或惊慌
参考例句：
Our two peoples are brothers sharing weal and woe.我们两国人民是患难与共的兄弟。 A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.自认祸是祸，自认福是福。