Weasel sighting in the orchard or Pop Goes the Weasel

Despite having a bit of a reputation in some countries for being harbingers of misfortune I've always considered myself extremely lucky when I see a weasel. I find them endlessly entertaining but you have to have a sharp eye they are very quick. I saw one today disappearing under an empty apple bin, he made my day.

Half a pound of tuppenny rice,
Half a pound of treacle.
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel.

Up and down the City road,
In and out the Eagle,
That’s the way the money goes,
Pop goes the weasel.

Every night when I go out
the monkey’s on the table.
Take a stick and knock it off
Pop goes the weasel.

A penny for a ball of thread
Another for a needle,
That’s the way the money goes,
pop goes the weasel.

All around the cobblers bench
the monkey chased the people;
The donkey thought ’twas all in fun,
pop goes the weasel.

Image: Kevin Law via Wikimedia