I was looking through the original text of a popular nursery rhyme “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep” in *Tommy Thumb’s Pretty Song Book* when noticed an expression whose meaning I can’t understand: “Yes, marry, have I”.

What does that expression mean? And speaking in general, does this text from the book issued in 1744 look archaic for modern English native speakers?

![Baa, baa, black sheep,<br>Have you any wool?<br>Yes, *marry*, have I,<br>Three bags full;<br>One for my master,<br>And one for my dame,<br>And one for the little boy<br>Who lives in the lane.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DquCz.jpg)