Pop! Goes the Weasel is a popular children's song that was originally written in 1855. In the Barney franchise, it was first sung in Barney in Concert.
Lyrics[]
- All around the mulberry bush,
- The monkey chased the weasel.
- The monkey thought 'twas all in fun.
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
- A penny for a spool of thread,
- A penny for a needle.
- That's the way the money goes.
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
- The painter needs a ladder and brush,
- The artist needs an easel;
- The dancers need a fiddler's tune.
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
- I've no time to wait and to sigh,
- Or to tell the reason why.
- Kiss me quick, I'm off, goodbye!
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
- A penny for a spool of thread,
- A penny for a needle.
- That's the way the money goes.
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
- The painter needs a ladder and brush,
- The artist needs an easel;
- The dancers need a fiddler's tune.
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
- I've no time to wait and sigh,
- Or to tell the reason why.
- Kiss me quick, I'm off, goodbye!
- Pop! Goes the weasel.
Children's Song Used In...[]
- Barney's Halloween Party
- Ready, Set, Play!
- Shapes and Colors All Around (Episode Featured: "Squares, Squares Everywhere")
- I Can Do It! (Scene Taken from: "Fairy Tales")
- Clean Up, Clean Up! (Episode Featured: "All Aboard!")
- Most Loveable Moments (Episode Featured: "Squares, Squares Everywhere")
- Story Time with Barney (Episode Featured: "Fairy Tales")
- Playground Fun! (Episode Featured: "This Way In! This Way Out!")
- Barney's Favorites, Volume 2 (Audio Taken from: "Red, Blue And Circles Too!")
- Vamos Juntos a Cantar
- Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years (Audio Taken from: "Red, Blue And Circles Too!")
- As Músicas Favoritas - Vol. 2
Trivia[]
- In Barney in Concert, there is a two-beat delay before the title is sung.
- In Red, Blue And Circles Too! and If The Shoe Fits..., the first stanza is repeated twice.
- Also in the former episode, the first line of the fourth stanza is altered to “I’ve no time to sit and sigh”.
- In Good Job!, Squares, Squares Everywhere and Coming On Strong, the first half of the song is repeated twice before the second half.
- Also in the second episode, the last line of the song is repeated as a tag.
- The following episodes have different ending tags:
- In Barney's Halloween Party and Home, Safe Home, there is a four-beat instrumental before the last line is repeated.
- In All Aboard! and Fairy Tales, the tag is: “Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop! Goes the weasel.”
- Every time the song is sung, it’s in the key of C Major. In Practice Makes Music, the instrumental on piano is in F Major.
- Only one round of the tune is done, with the second-to-last line in ritardando.
- Three of the song’s renditions have Barney coming to life during them:
- In Red, Blue And Circles Too! and Good Job!, he comes to life at the end of the first repeat of the first stanza and the first two stanzas, respectively.
- The former episode was the only instance of Barney saying the last line without “Pop!”, since it was done by Tosha.
- In All Aboard!, he comes to life at the end of the song.
- In Red, Blue And Circles Too! and Good Job!, he comes to life at the end of the first repeat of the first stanza and the first two stanzas, respectively.