Re: Pop! Goes the Weasel
Posted by Jane McCredie on June 12, 2002 at 03:49:04:
In Reply to: Re: Pop! Goes the Weasel posted by Tim Satchell on February 11, 2002 at 07:19:31:
Half a pound of tu'penny rice,
Half a pound of treacle,
thats the way the money goes,
pop goes the weasle.
Up and down the city road
in and out of the Eagle
thats the way the money goes
pop goes the weasle.
Pop means to pawn, and I think weasle has been corrupted from Whistle, which would be whistle and flute, cockney for suit. Fathers best suit was pawned on Monday to pay for the food for the week because he had drunk all his earnings in the Eagle pub over the weekend. His suit would be redeemed on Friday so that he could go out for a drink at the Eagle over the weekend! A never ending circle of poverty because of drink!
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