Pawn your coat for a trip to the pub!
October 6th, 2007 at 9:06pm |
Syd was assigned a new song to learn for piano class this week. Fortunately, the music book prints the lyrics as well, and these (being the inquisitive sort) piqued Sydney's interest. Exactly WHY would a monkey chase a weasel around a cobblers bench and exactly what happens when he "pops?"
Well, turns out most of it (in it's many variations) is derivitive of Cockney English and essentially means people were pawning their coats, or even tools of their trade, in order to get a few bucks to go to the pub. We've had a rousing good time pondering over the hilarity of exactly what Moms everywhere are singing to their wee babes.
Care for a pint?
Posted in Fun, Homeschool
Too funny!None of the variations were the one I grew up with:
All around the mulberry bush,
the monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought twas all in fun.
Pop goes the weasel!
So many nursery rhymes that sound like nonsense actually have deeper adult meanings.
Kathy
I was searching online for Mario cake ideas and came across your blog (I did leave a comment at that blog entry) … I have a couple of questions (mostly about pan size and the Mario figurines) and am wondering if you could help me? Thanks so much! (Perhaps you could answer on that blog so we can keep this blog to the topic at hand … again, thank you!)
Blessings,
S. Griffin