Pop Goes the Weasel (1961) - 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

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