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Friday, August 14, 2009

pop goes the weasel

Have you ever wondered how many versions are there to this song?
MANY!

Pop goes the Weasel
Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle.
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel.

Up and down the City road,
In and out the Eagle,
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel.

A penny for a spool of thread,
A penny for a needle.
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop! goes the weasel.

Every night when I go out
The monkey's on the table
Take a stick and knock it off
Pop goes the weasel

Round and round the mulberry bush
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey stopped to pull up his socks
And Pop goes the weasel.

I've no time to plead and pine
I've no time to wheedle
Kiss me quick, and then I'm gone
Pop! Goes the weasel"

All around the cobbler's Bench
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought it all in fun,
Pop, goes the weasel.

* Taken from here and there's an interesting find about the meaning of 'pop' and 'weasel'. Also see here for other versions of the song.

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