Roud Folk Song Index
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| - | '''"Pop! Goes the Weasel"''' is a [[nursery rhyme]] and [[singing game]]. It has a [[Roud Folk Song Index]] number of 5249. The [[jack-in-the-box]], an old children's toy, often plays the melody. | ||
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| - | The "Eagle" in the song's third verse probably refers to The Eagle freehold pub at the corner of Shepherdess Walk and [[City Road]] mentioned in the same verse. | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *''[[I Am Weasel]]'', an animated series based loosely on the rhyme. | ||
| - | *"[[The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun]]", a short story by Orson Scott Card. | ||
| + | The '''Roud Folk Song Index''' is a database of nearly 200,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs that have been collected from [[oral tradition]] in the [[English language]] from all over the world. It is compiled by [[Steve Roud]], a former librarian in the [[London Borough of Croydon]]. | ||
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The Roud Folk Song Index is a database of nearly 200,000 references to nearly 25,000 songs that have been collected from oral tradition in the English language from all over the world. It is compiled by Steve Roud, a former librarian in the London Borough of Croydon.
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