Pop Goes the WeaselPop Goes the Weazle! |
Right: From American Songs and Ballads, Series 3, Volume 3
Chorus: 'Round and 'round the cobbler's bench The monkey chased the weasel, The monkey thought 'twas all in fun Pop! Goes the weasel.
A penny for a spool of thread
2. A half a pound of tupenny rice,
3. Up and down the London road,
4. I've no time to plead and pine, | Queen Victoria is very sick, Napoleon's got the measles, Sebastopol's not taken yet; Pop goes the weazle! Chorus: All round the cobbler's bench, The monkey chased the weazle, The priest, he kissed the cobbler's wife, Pop went the weazle.
2. A penny for a ball of thread,
3. My wife, she is awful sick,
4. Johnny Bull, he makes his brag,
5. Mayor Wood has put the rumsellers through, |