Pop Goes the Weazel (1859)

creator unknown published by Stephen T. Gordon sung by sheet music singer, Fred Feild piano according to the sheet music 1. When de night walks in, as black as a sheep And de hen and her eggs am fast asleep Den into her nest with a sarpent’s creep “Pop goes de Weasel!” Ob all de dance dat ebber was planned To galvinize de heel and de hand Dar’s none dat moves so gay and grand As “Pop goes de Weasel!” De lover, when he pants through fear To pop de question to his dear He joins dis dance, den in her ear “Pop goes de Weasel!” 2. John Bull tells, in de ole cow’s hum How Uncle Sam used Uncle Tom While he makes some white slaves at home By “Pop goes de Weasel!” He talkes about a friendly trip To Cuba in a steam warship But Uncle Sam may make him skip By “Pop goes de Weasel!” He’s sending forth his iron hounds To bark us off de fishin’ - grounds He’d best beware of Freedom’s sounds Ob “Pop goes de Weasel!” 3. De Temperance folks from Souf to Main Against all liquor spout and strain But when dey feels an ugly pain Den “Pop goes de Weasel!” All New York in rush now whirls Whar de World’s Fair its flag unfurls But de best World’s Fair am when our girls Dance “Pop goes de Weasel!” Den form two lines as straight as a string Dance in and out, den three in a ring Dive under like de duck, and sing “Pop goes de Weasel!” 4. Queen Victoria's very sick Napoleon's got the measels Sebastopol is won at last “Pop goes de Weasel!” All around the Cobbler's house The Monkey chased the people The Minister kissed the Deacon's wife Pop went the Weasel A penny for a ball of thread A farthing for a needle That's the way the money goes “Pop goes de Weasel!” ---------------------------------------------- Information from the book Popular Songs of Nineteenth Century America: This may have been an old English dance tune without any lyrics. The 1859 version is no longer totally familiar. The text is a curious mixture of comedy verses for the minstrel stage, passages satirizing English social and political attitudes, directions for dancing, and finally topical references to the temperance movement and the World's Fair. The sheet music presented here adds a fourth verse. Midi notes were found at the American Dreams Stephen Foster website. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Get the sheet music and midi at: http://sheetmusicsinger.com/highbrown...