Watch "Driving in My Car" bit.ly/19duk0p We're on Amazon! amzn.to/18JmBFf Free rhymes galore! www.mothergooseclub.com Subscribe! www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=sockeyemedia Join us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mothergooseclub Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/#!/mothergooseclub Watch more videos on our channel: www.youtube.com/user/SockeyeMedia Buy our nursery rhyme songs: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YCO5OM/ www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004YCOWJK/ Download a printable coloring page for Pop Goes the Weasel (just click print): www.mothergooseclub.com/rhymes.php?cat=action&id=140 Listen to a narration of Pop Goes the Weasel www.mothergooseclub.com/rhymes.php?cat=action&id=140 A big thanks to all of our fans out there big and small! "Pop Goes the Weasel" Lyrics: Round and round the cobbler's bench, The monkey chased the weasel. The monkey thought it was all in fun. Pop! Goes the weasel. A penny for a spool of thread, A penny for a needle. That's the way the money goes. Pop! Goes the weasel. Historical Background Dating back to the 1700s, "Pop Goes the Weasel" originated from Cockney Rhyming Slang, a system of cryptic phrases used by Cockneys and poor Londoners. Rhyming Slang is created by finding a rhyme for a given word, identifying a synonym for the rhyme, and then substituting the synonym for the original word. For example, "head" rhymes with "bread," and the Cockney Rhyming Slang for "head" is "loaf." Cockneys created the secret slang because of their suspicion of strangers and strong dislike for the police. "Pop" is the slang word for pawn, and "weasel" originates from "weasel and stout," meaning coat. During difficult financial times, poor commoners would pawn their suits on Mondays and reclaim it before Sunday in order to be properly dressed for church. Thus, the birth of the saying "Pop Goes the Weasel."

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