"tool, a spinner's weasel used for measuring in spinning, a piece of silver plate, or that 'weasel and stoat' is Cockney rhyming slang for ""throat"", as in ""Get that down yer Weasel"" meaning to eat or drink something. An alternative meaning which fits better with the theme of ""that's the way the money goes"" involves pawning one's coat in desperation to buy food and drink, as ""weasel (and stoat)"" is more usually and traditionally Cockney rhyming slang for ""Coat"" rather than throat and ""pop"" is a slang word for ""pawn"". ""Pop goes the weasel"" meant pawning a coat. Decent coats"
"the children's toy known as the jack-in-the-box. Peter Alsop's CD ""Uh-Oh!"" features a parody called ""Poop Goes The Weasel"", in which the monkey in the song teaches the weasel to use the toilet. In the ""Animaniacs"" episode ""King Yakko"", the Warners sing a song while playing musical chairs that uses the tune of this song. On the children's show ""Noddy"", there is a character called Warloworth Q. Weasel who is a weasel in a jack-in-the-box, referencing the song being a popular tune for jack in the boxes. In change ringing the sequence 14235 when rung on 5 bells is called"
"this would have been at the height of the unpopular courtship. According to Albert Jack in his book ""Pop Goes the Weasel, The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes"" (pp. 33–37, copyright 2008), the earliest known version of the song was published in 1549 as ""The Frog Came to the Myl Dur"" in Robert Wedderburn's ""Complaynt of Scotland"". He states that in 1547 the Scottish Queen Consort, Mary of Guise, under attack from Henry VIII, sought to marry her daughter Princess Mary (later Mary Queen of Scots), ""Miss Mouse"" to the three-year old French Prince Louis, the ""frog"". The song resurfaced"
"resident cat to hunt mice. Hickory Dickory Dock ""Hickory Dickory Dock"" or ""Hickety Dickety Dock"" is a popular English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489. The most common modern version is: <poem> Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.</poem> Other variants include ""down the mouse ran"" or ""down the mouse run"" or ""and down he ran"" or ""and down he run"" in place of ""the mouse ran down"". <score vorbis=""1""> \new Staff « \clef treble \key d \major { %\new Lyrics"
"Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter, and published by Frederick Warne & Co. in December 1922. The book is a compilation of traditional nursery rhymes such as ""Goosey Goosey Gander"", ""This Little Piggy"" and ""Three Blind Mice"". It was Potter's second book of rhymes published by Warne. Merchandise generated from the tale includes Beswick Pottery porcelain figurines and Schmid music boxes. Beatrix Potter's career as a children's author and illustrator was launched in 1900 when she revised a tale written in 1893 about a humanized rabbit, fashioned a"
"Three Blind Mice ""Three Blind Mice"" is an English-language nursery rhyme and musical round. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 3753. The modern words are: Published by Frederick Warne & Co., an illustrated children's book by John W. Ivimey entitled ""The Complete Version of Ye Three Blind Mice"", fleshes the mice out into mischievous characters who seek adventure, eventually being taken in by a farmer whose wife chases them from the house and into a bramble bush, which blinds them. Soon after, their tails are removed by ""the butcher's wife"" when the complete version incorporates the original"
"book would be raided again in 1922 to compile a collection of nursery rhymes called ""Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes"" as a companion to ""Appley Dapply"". The book opens with a three-stanza rhyme about Appley Dapply, a mouse who raids cupboards for treats, and is accompanied with three illustrations, one which depicts a little mouse running away from a cupboard with a tray of pies: The following rhyme tells of Peter Rabbit's sister, Cotton-tail, and her implied courtship by a little black rabbit who leaves a gift of carrots at her door. In ""The Tale of Mr. Tod"", Cotton-tail is married"
"and Nursery Songs"" (1870). There are several variants of the following joke: Some memoirs claim it was a real incident. Piggy In The Middle, a song by Beatles pastiche band The Rutles, also include the lyrics 'Hey diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle'. The children's book ""Goodnight Moon"" features a bunny saying ""good night"" to everything around, including ""Goodnight cow jumping over the moon"". Hey Diddle Diddle ""Hey Diddle Diddle"" (also ""Hi Diddle Diddle"", ""The Cat and the Fiddle"", or ""The Cow Jumped Over the Moon"") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number"
"The earliest version to resemble the modern one is from ""Mother Goose's Melody"" published in London around 1765. The additional lines that include (arguably) the more acceptable ending for children with the survival of the cat are in James Orchard Halliwell's ""Nursery Rhymes of England"", where the cat is pulled out by ""Dog with long snout"". Several names are used for the malevolent Johnny Green, including Tommy O' Linne (1797) and Tommy Quin (c. 1840). Iona and Peter Opie suggested that it may have had its origins in Tom a lin or Tom o' Lin, the protagonist of another nursery"
"Heffalumps and Woozles ""Heffalumps and Woozles"" is a song from the 1968 Walt Disney musical film featurette ""Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day"". It was written by the Sherman Brothers, and performed by The Mellomen. It is also in the 1977 full-length feature film ""The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"". The song is about phantasmagoria elephants (heffalumps) and weasels (woozles) becoming a threat to Pooh and his food source (honey). The song serves as a soundtrack to the iconic, psychedelic ""Pooh Nightmare"" sequence where Pooh subconsciously deals with the theft of his all-too-precious honey. The sequence is generally"
"Goosey Goosey Gander ""Goosey Goosey Gander"" is an English-language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6488. Some have suggested that this rhyme refers to priest holes—hiding places for itinerant Catholic priests during the persecutions under King Henry VIII and later under Oliver Cromwell. Once discovered the priest would be forcibly taken from the house ('thrown down the stairs') and treated badly. Amateur historian Chris Roberts suggests further that the rhyme is linked to the propaganda campaign against the Catholic Church during the reign of Henry VIII. Other interpretations exist. Mark Cocker and Richard Mabey note"
"Tweedledum and Tweedledee Tweedledum and Tweedledee are fictional characters in an English nursery rhyme and in Lewis Carroll's ""Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There"". Their names may have originally come from an epigram written by poet John Byrom. The nursery rhyme has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19800. The names have since become synonymous in western popular culture slang for any two people who look and act in identical ways, generally in a derogatory context. Common versions of the nursery rhyme include: The words ""Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee"" make their first appearance in print in ""one of"
"One for Sorrow (nursery rhyme) ""One for Sorrow"" is a traditional children's nursery rhyme about magpies. According to an old superstition, the number of magpies one sees determines if one will have bad luck. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 20096. There is considerable variation in the lyrics used. A common modern version follows: The rhyme has its origins in superstitions connected with magpies, considered a bird of ill omen in some cultures, and in Britain, at least as far back as the early sixteenth century. The rhyme was first recorded around 1780 in a note in"
"part of the nursery rhyme. Early versions took the form: By the early 20th century this had been modified in some collections, such as L. E. Walter's, ""Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes"" (London, 1919) to: A third verse, sometimes added to the rhyme, was first recorded in a 19th-century chapbook and took Twentieth-century versions of this verse include: As presented above and as presented in the accompanying published images, the rhyme is made up of six-line stanzas with a rhyming scheme of ""aabccb"" and a trochaic rhythm (with the stress falling on the first of a pair of syllables). Alternatively, if"
"Cock a doodle doo ""Cock a doodle doo"" is a popular English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 17770. The most common modern version is: <poem>Cock a doodle do! My dame has lost her shoe, My master's lost his fiddlestick, And knows not what to do.</poem> The first two lines were used in a murder pamphlet in England, 1606, which seems to suggest that children sang those lines, or very similar ones, to mock the cockerel's (rooster in US) ""crow"". The first full version recorded was in ""Mother Goose's Melody"", published in London around"
"15-stanza poem that rambled through a variety of adventures involving not only the egg but also Mother Goose's son Jack. There exists an illustrated chapbook omitting their opening stanza that dates from the 1820s and another version was recorded by J. O. Halliwell in his ""The Nursery Rhymes of England"" (1842). Other shorter versions were also recorded later. All of them, however, were dependent on a very successful pantomime first performed in 1806, and it is only by reference to its script that the unexplained gaps in the poem's narration are made clear. The pantomime was the work of Thomas"
"Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, ""Tommy Thumb's Song Book"" and a sequel, ""Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book"", were published before 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother"
"of an American parent, who was frustrated with their children's interest in the English rock band. The animated series ""I Am Weasel"" uses the nursery rhyme as its basic premise and the show's theme song is also sampled from it. In ""Thomas & Friends"", the tune is used in a taunting song aimed at Diesel called ""Pop Goes the Diesel"" in the episode of the same name. Another episode uses the tune in a taunting song aimed at Oliver called ""Pop Goes Old Ollie"", in ""Toad Stands By"". In 1973, ""Sesame Street"" had an animated cartoon short based on the"
"free; unfortunately, the majority of the weasels still stay loyal to the poachers and wake them just as the rabbits escape. A lengthy chase ensues, but the bunnies and Tiny are able to outwit Mr. Pike and his ravenous pets. In the woods, Mr. Ratso is trying to catch the animals quickly, as the deadline is soon upon him. Fortunately, his attempts to capture a moose continue to blow up in his face. He comes very close to catching one when he feigns defeat, but Dr. Owl quickly arrives to aid the moose. Losing his patience, Mr. Ratso has Mr."
"Mickey"". It sets apart ""Mean Street"" and ""Ventureland"" and later ""Tortooga"" and the ""Jungle"". Jungle Rhythm Jungle Rhythm is a Mickey Mouse short cartoon released on November 15, 1929. Mickey Mouse wanders into a jungle a he comes along several animals, such as elephants, monkeys, and lions. Mickey then begins to put on a ""rhythm"" and the animals start to go with the rhythm. All the animals dance, even the trees do, causing coconuts to fall on the monkeys' heads. Some ostriches push their whole bodies up and down, and a gorilla resides at the end, scaring Mickey, and ending"
"Hickory Dickory Dock ""Hickory Dickory Dock"" or ""Hickety Dickety Dock"" is a popular English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 6489. The most common modern version is: <poem> Hickory, dickory, dock. The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Hickory, dickory, dock.</poem> Other variants include ""down the mouse ran"" or ""down the mouse run"" or ""and down he ran"" or ""and down he run"" in place of ""the mouse ran down"". <score vorbis=""1""> \new Staff « \clef treble \key d \major { %\new Lyrics \lyricmode { » </score> The"
"The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse (1915) is a children's novel written by Thornton W. Burgess and illustrated by Harrison Cady. The main character also appears in ""Mr. Toad and Danny Meadow Mouse Take a Walk"" and ""Danny Meadow Mouse Learns Something"" (both 1914). Danny begins his tale regretting the length of his tail until he is corrected by Mr. Toad. Then he has a series of stalkings by Reddy and Granny Fox. He is captured by Hooty the Owl and escapes mid-flight to Peter Rabbit's briar patch. Peter goes to Farmer Brown's peach"
"Hey Diddle Diddle ""Hey Diddle Diddle"" (also ""Hi Diddle Diddle"", ""The Cat and the Fiddle"", or ""The Cow Jumped Over the Moon"") is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19478. A common modern version of the rhyme is<poem>Hey Diddle Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed, To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.</poem> The rhyme is the source of the English expression ""over the moon"", meaning ""delighted, thrilled, extremely happy"". <score vorbis=""1""> \new Staff « \clef treble \key f"
"Lowell Mason set the nursery rhyme to a melody adding repetition in the verses: <poem> Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb Mary had a little lamb Whose fleece was white as snow. And everywhere that Mary went Mary went, Mary went, Everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school one day, school one day, school one day He followed her to school one day Which was against the rules. It made the children laugh and play, laugh and play, laugh and play, It made the children laugh and play, To"
"The Lion and the Mouse The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 150 in the Perry Index. There are also Eastern variants of the story, all of which demonstrate mutual dependence regardless of size or status. In the Renaissance the fable was provided with a sequel condemning social ambition. In the oldest versions, a lion threatens a mouse that wakes him from sleep. The mouse begs forgiveness and makes the point that such unworthy prey would bring the lion no honour. The lion then agrees and sets the mouse free. Later, the lion is netted by"
"collector James William Elliott in his ""National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs"". The following additional verses are often added to the rhyme: The earliest record of this rhyme is in a manuscript of around 1805, which contains only the first verse. There are references to a children's game called ""bo-peep"", from the 16th century, including one in Shakespeare's ""King Lear"" (Act I Scene iv), for which ""bo-peep"" is thought to refer to the children's game of peek-a-boo, but there's no evidence that the rhyme existed earlier than the 18th century. The additional verses are first recorded in the earliest printed"
"The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1962. Set in an alternative history of England, it tells of the adventures of cousins Bonnie and Sylvia and their friend Simon the goose-boy as they thwart the evil schemes of their governess Miss Slighcarp, and their so called ""teacher"" at boarding school, Mrs. Brisket. The novel is the first in the ""Wolves Chronicles"", a series of books set during the fictional early-19th century reign of King James III. A large number of wolves have migrated from the bitter cold"
"Jungle Rhythm Jungle Rhythm is a Mickey Mouse short cartoon released on November 15, 1929. Mickey Mouse wanders into a jungle a he comes along several animals, such as elephants, monkeys, and lions. Mickey then begins to put on a ""rhythm"" and the animals start to go with the rhythm. All the animals dance, even the trees do, causing coconuts to fall on the monkeys' heads. Some ostriches push their whole bodies up and down, and a gorilla resides at the end, scaring Mickey, and ending the cartoon. ""Jungle Rhythm"" is a ""Projector Screen"" level in the Wii game ""Epic"
"the dogs do bark, My wife is coming in, With rogues and jades and roaring blades, They make a devilish din. </poem> When discussing a different song in his ""English Minstrelsie"" (1895), Sabine Baring-Gould touches upon the 1672 lyric and notes its similarity with the nursery rhyme. However, he states that the nursery rhyme is the later of the two, describing it as a ""Jacobite jingle"" that arose in the years after the House of Hanover gained the English throne in 1714. But Baring-Gould also notes the similarity of the opening line to one used by Shakespeare in ""The Tempest""—""Hark,"
"Lighthouse Mouse Lighthouse Mouse is a Warner Brothers ""Merrie Melodies"" animated cartoon featuring Sylvester the Cat, Hippety Hopper, a lightkeeper who speaks with a pronounced Scottish brogue, a loquacious parrot named Polly, and a very restless and mischievous mouse. First presented in 1955, it was written by Sid Marcus and directed by Robert McKimson, with voice characterizations provided by Mel Blanc. It is 11 o'clock at night at a lighthouse on a small island, and the clock's pendulum is intermittently deflecting the light from the beacon into a mouse-hole downstairs, keeping the resident mouse wide awake. The baggy-eyed rodent crawls"
"in Lincolnshire. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase The Wolves of Willoughby Chase is a children's novel by Joan Aiken, first published in 1962. Set in an alternative history of England, it tells of the adventures of cousins Bonnie and Sylvia and their friend Simon the goose-boy as they thwart the evil schemes of their governess Miss Slighcarp, and their so called ""teacher"" at boarding school, Mrs. Brisket. The novel is the first in the ""Wolves Chronicles"", a series of books set during the fictional early-19th century reign of King James III. A large number of wolves have migrated from the"
"Weasel While You Work Weasel While You Work is a 1958 ""Merrie Melodies"" animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, and the weasel from earlier shorts like ""Plop Goes the Weasel"" and ""Weasel Stop"". Unlike many Foghorn shorts, this one takes place during the winter; as such, many of the gags involve snow and ice. The title is a pun on the phrase ""whistle while you work"". At wintertime, Foghorn grabs Barnyard Dawg from his doghouse, coats him in snow, and puts snowman decorations on him. Dawg emerges from the snowman and says he'll ""moidah da bum!"". He sharpens one"
"A Wise Old Owl ""A Wise Old Owl"" is an English language nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7734 and in The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, 2nd Ed. of 1997, as number 394. The rhyme is an improvement of a traditional nursery rhyme ""There was an owl lived in an oak, wisky, wasky, weedle."" <poem>A wise old owl lived in an oak The more he saw the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird?</poem> This version was first published in"