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