{"id":1248,"date":"2019-02-13T01:08:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T01:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/?page_id=1248"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:04:49","slug":"pop-goes-the-weazel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pop-goes-the-weazel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Goes the Weazel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A popular song from 1859.<br>creator unknown<br>published by Stephen T. Gordon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;s Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sheet music:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pop-Goes-the-Weazel.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Pop Goes the Weazel - Sheet Music.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-11b6f932-5930-45ec-bc43-98edbec29d3d\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pop-Goes-the-Weazel.pdf\">Pop Goes the Weazel &#8211; Sheet Music<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pop-Goes-the-Weazel.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-11b6f932-5930-45ec-bc43-98edbec29d3d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompaniment by Werner Tomaschewski:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-2f2a2284-9b8e-4ae0-83f5-f325fb3330d2\" href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pop-Goes-the-Weazel.mid\">Pop Goes the Weazel &#8211; MIDI<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pop-Goes-the-Weazel.mid\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-2f2a2284-9b8e-4ae0-83f5-f325fb3330d2\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lyrics<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. When de night walks in, as black as a sheep<br>And de hen and her eggs am fast asleep<br>Den into her nest with a sarpent\u2019s creep<br>\u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ob all de dance dat ebber was planned<br>To galvinize de heel and de hand<br>Dar\u2019s none dat moves so gay and grand<br>As \u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De lover, when he pants through fear<br>To pop de question to his dear<br>He joins dis dance, den in her ear<br>\u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. John Bull tells, in de ole cow\u2019s hum<br>How Uncle Sam used Uncle Tom<br>While he makes some white slaves at home<br>By \u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He talkes about a friendly trip<br>To Cuba in a steam warship<br>But Uncle Sam may make him skip<br>By \u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s sending forth his iron hounds<br>To bark us off de fishin\u2019 &#8211; grounds<br>He\u2019d best beware of Freedom\u2019s sounds<br>Ob \u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. De Temperance folks from Souf to Main<br>Against all liquor spout and strain<br>But when dey feels an ugly pain<br>Den \u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All New York in rush now whirls<br>Whar de World\u2019s Fair its flag unfurls<br>But de best World\u2019s Fair am when our girls<br>Dance \u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Den form two lines as straight as a string<br>Dance in and out, den three in a ring<br>Dive under like de duck, and sing<br>\u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Queen Victoria&#8217;s very sick<br>Napoleon&#8217;s got the measels<br>Sebastopol is won at last<br>\u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All around the Cobbler&#8217;s house<br>The Monkey chased the people<br>The Minister kissed the Deacon&#8217;s wife<br>Pop went the Weasel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A penny for a ball of thread<br>A farthing for a needle<br>That&#8217;s the way the money goes<br>\u201cPop goes de Weasel!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dLo_CBimU0A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[WARNING: This song contains antiquated racial stereotypes. It is presented here for historical and educational purposes only.] A popular song from 1859.creator unknownpublished by Stephen T. Gordon 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/pop-goes-the-weazel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pop Goes the Weazel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1248","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pa3ZiQ-k8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4177,"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1248\/revisions\/4177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sheetmusicsinger.com\/highbrownsongs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}