| Half a pound of tuppenny rice
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| Half a pound of treacle
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| That’s the way the money goes
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Ha ha, yeah
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| Half a pound of tuppenny rice
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| Half a pound of treacle
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| That’s the way the money goes
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Every night, when I go out
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| The weasel’s on the table
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| Take a stick and knock it off
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Up and down the city road
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| In and out of the eagle
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| That’s the way the money goes
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Half a pound of tuppenny rice
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| Half a pound of treacle
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| Mix it up and make it nice
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| You know, pop goes the weasel
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| For years, I’ve wondered
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| What that meant
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| And nobody seemed to know
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| So, I looked it up And the official explanation
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| Goes something like this
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| Pop goes the weasel refers to The habit of London hatters long ago
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| Popping or pawning their weasels
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| Or accessories on Saturday night
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| To buy liquor, isn’t that interesting
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| Up and down the city road
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| In and out of the eagle
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| That’s the way the money goes
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| But you know
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| I’ve got a theory of my own
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| About pop goes the weasel
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| It’s much simpler
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| Why did the weasel go pop, go pop
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| Pop, pop goes the weasel
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| Why did the weasel go pop
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| 'Cause they upped the price
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| Of tuppeny rice to four pence
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| How did the pop get into the weasel
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| Weasel, pop goes the weasel
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| How did the pop get in there
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| Well, the weasel caught his
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| Beakle in the treacle
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| Now, if you’ve got a weasel
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| And you don’t want him to pop
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| The next time you go shopping
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| Don’t you take him in the shop
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| Two, three, four
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| Half a pound of tuppenny rice
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| Half a pound of treacle
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| Now that is the way
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| That the money goes
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Every night, when I go out
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| The weasel’s sitting on the table
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| Now I take a stick
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| And I knock it off
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Up and down the city road
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| In and out of the eagle
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| That’s the way the money goes
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| Pop goes the weasel
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| Together now
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| Half a pound of tuppenny rice
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| Half a pound of treacle
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| Now, I mix it up And I make it nice
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| Pop, pop, pop goes the weasel
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| Pop, pop, pop goes the weasel
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| Poppity, poppity, pop
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| Goes the weasel now
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| Would you excuse me for a moment
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| I’m just gonna pop my weasel |