Pop! Goes the Weasel

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| weasel. The | monkey thought it | was all in fun - |  Pop - goes the | weasel! |
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| Johnny's got the whooping cough, | Mary's got the | measles. | That's the way the |
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| money goes, and | - 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!
You may try to sew and sew and never make anything regal
So roll it up and let it go Pop -- goes the weasel!

A painter would his lover to paint he stood before the easel
The monkey jumped all over the paint Pop -- goes the weasel!
When his sweetheart she did laugh his temper got so lethal
He tore the painting up in half Pop -- goes the weasel!

My son and I went to the fair we saw a lot of people
We spent a lot of money there Pop -- goes the weasel!
I got sick from all the sun my sonny boy got the measles
Still we had a lot of fun Pop -- goes the weasel!

I climbed up and down the coast to find a golden eagle
I climbed the rocks and thought I was close Pop -- goes the weasel!
But, alas, I lost my way saw nothing but a seagull
I tore my pants and killed the day Pop -- goes the weasel!

I went to the grocery store I thought a little cheese'll
Be good to catch a mouse on the floor Pop -- goes the weasel!
But the mouse was very bright he wasn't a mouse to wheedle
He took the cheese and said "Good night" 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!
Half a pound of tuppenny rice half a pound of treacle
Mix it up and make it nice 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!
Put some pepper on its nose and you'll make it sneeze-l
Catch it fast before it snaps --  Pop -- goes the weasel!

A penny for a cotton ball a penny for a needle
That's the way the money goes Pop -- goes the weasel!
If you want to buy a pig buy a pig with hairs on
Every hair a penny a pair Pop -- goes the weasel!

All around the cobbler's bench the monkey chased the weasel
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun Pop -- goes the weasel!
I've no time to wait and sigh I've no time to tease-l
Kiss me quick -- I'm off -- goodbye! Pop -- goes the weasel!

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From June 30, 2006