Type: Nursery Rhyme
Origin: London, England, UK
Note: This is a series of verses set to the common structure that is in no way a multi versed standard version, when possible, verses are sitedSam Bennet's Verses:
Up and down the city road, in and out the easel
That's the way the money goes
Pop! Goes the weaselIf you don't know how to dance, go to lady Teasel
She will learn you how to dance
Pop! Goes the weaselMonarch Verse:
Queen Victoria's got the pox
Prince Albert's got the measles
The whole family's rather sick
And Pop! Goes the weaselTreacle Verse:
Half a pound of tuppenny rice
Half a pound of treacle
That's the way the money goes
Pop! Goes the weaselAmerican Verse:
All around the carpenter's house
the monkey chased the people
And after them in double haste
Pop! Goes the weasel