[Ads-l] Early Poppin' Weasel

[Jonathan Lighter]

1853 W. Lambert Edmonds, ed. _The Cremorne Comic-Song Book, First Series_
(London: W. Allman) 9:

"POP GOES THE WEASEL!"
Written by. W. R. Mandale. Sung by W. L. Edmonds. Published by Brewer & Co.

In ev'ry street, on ev'ry wall,
 In ev'ry lane with hoarding,
In shops and stalls, both great and small,
 In windows and on boarding --
Placarded high and posted low,
 In letters large I see still,
Where'er I turn, where'er I go,
 "Pop goes the weasel!"
                Fol de rol de riddle ol,
                Pop goes the weasel!

[Read the whole song, if you haven't already, at https://tinyurl.com/kn7szxf
, pp. 9-11.  The exasperated singer cannot find anyone who can explain the
meaning of the phrase.]

JL

-- 
"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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