<P> Often a second verse is added: </P> <P> Every night when I go out, The monkey's on the table, Take a stick and knock it off, Pop! goes the weasel . </P> <P> The tune appears to have begun as dance music, to which words were later added . A music sheet acquired by the British Library in 1853 describes a dance, "Pop! Goes the Weasel", as "An Old English Dance, as performed at Her Majesty's & The Nobilities Balls, with the Original Music". It had a tune very similar to that used today but only the words "Pop! Goes the Weasel". The dance became extremely popular, and featured on stage as well as in dance - halls . By September of the same year the title was being used as a scornful riposte and soon words were added to an already well - known tune . The song is mentioned in November 1855 in a Church of England pamphlet where it is described as a universally popular song played in the streets on barrel organs, but with "senseless lyrics": the use of alternative, more wholesome words is suggested . The following verse had been written by 1856 when it was quoted in a performance at the Theatre Royal . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pop Goes the Weasel Tune for Pop Goes the Weasel by Nicolas Gasparini (myuu) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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