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

Ha ha, yeah
Half a pound of tuppenny rice
Half a pound of treacle

That's the way the money goes
Pop goes the weasel

Every night, when I go out
The weasel's on the table

Take a stick and knock it off
Pop goes the weasel

Up and down the city road
In and out of 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

You know, pop goes the weasel
For years, I've wondered

What that meant
And nobody seemed to know

So, I looked it up
And the official explanation

Goes something like this
Pop goes the weasel refers to
The habit of London hatters long ago

Popping or pawning their weasels
Or accessories on Saturday night

To buy liquor, isn't that interesting
Up and down the city road

In and out of the eagle
That's the way the money goes

Pop goes the weasel
But you know

I've got a theory of my own
About pop goes the weasel

It's much simpler
Why did the weasel go pop, go pop

Pop, pop goes the weasel
Why did the weasel go pop
'Cause they upped the price

Of tuppeny rice to four pence
How did the pop get into the weasel

Weasel, pop goes the weasel
How did the pop get in there

Well, the weasel caught his
Beakle in the treacle

Now, if you've got a weasel
And you don't want him to pop

The next time you go shopping
Don't you take him in the shop

Two, three, four
Half a pound of tuppenny rice
Half a pound of treacle

Now that is the way
That the money goes

Pop goes the weasel
Every night, when I go out

The weasel's sitting on the table
Now I take a stick

And I knock it off
Pop goes the weasel

Up and down the city road
In and out of the eagle

That's the way the money goes
Pop goes the weasel

Together now
Half a pound of tuppenny rice
Half a pound of treacle

Now, I mix it up
And I make it nice

Pop, pop, pop goes the weasel
Pop, pop, pop goes the weasel
Poppity, poppity, pop

Goes the weasel now
Would you excuse me for a moment
I'm just gonna pop my weasel