Pop Goes The Weasel Lyrics - Anthony Newley

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 

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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 

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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