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  All around the cobbler's bench
  The monkey chased the weasel
  The monkey thought 'twas all in fun
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  Johnny's got the whooping cough and
  Mary's got the measles
  That's the way the money goes
  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!
  You may try to sew and sew
  And never make anything regal
  So roll it up and let it go
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  A painter would his lover to paint
  He stood before the easel
  The monkey jumped all over the paint
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  When his sweetheart she did laugh
  His temper got so lethal
  He tore the painting up in half
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  My son and I went to the fair
  We saw a lot of people
  We spent a lot of money there
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  I got sick from all the sun
  My sonny boy got the measles
  Still we had a lot of fun
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  I climbed up and down the coast
  To find a golden eagle
  I climbed the rocks and thought I was close
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  But, alas, I lost my way
  Saw nothing but a seagull
  I tore my pants and killed the day
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  I went to the grocery store
  I thought a little cheese'll
  Be good to catch a mouse on the floor
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  But the mouse was very bright
  He wasn't a mouse to wheedle
  He took the cheese and said Good night
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  Up and down the City Road
  In and out 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!
  Every night when I go out
  The monkey's on the table
  Take a stick and knock it off
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  Put some pepper on its nose
  And you'll make it sneeze-l
  Catch it fast before it snaps -
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  A penny for a cotton ball
  A penny for a needle
  That's the way the money goes
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  If you want to buy a pig
  Buy a pig with hairs on
  Every hair a penny a pair
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  All around the cobbler's bench
  The monkey chased the weasel
  The monkey thought 'twas all in fun
  Pop - goes the weasel!
  I've no time to wait and sigh
  I've no time to tease-l
  Kiss me quick - I'm off - goodbye!
  Pop - goes the weasel! 
      
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