In the song "Pop Goes the Weasel" one line says, "Every time that I go out the monkey's on the table." What does the monkey refer to?

stormy

'Pop goes the weasel' comes from Cockney rhyming slang. The 'pop shop' was the pawnbroker. When the money ran out at the end of the week (a penny for a loaf of bread, a penny for a needle, and maybe a bit more for rice and treacle), the prize possession of a warm winter coat (weasel and stoat=coat) was taken down to the 'pop' shop and left as security until the week's wage came in when it would be redeemed, and the cycle began again. 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 of The Eagle That's the way the money goes Pop goes the weasel. 'The Eagle', of course, was a pub. May 25 01, 2:03 AM

Jam Tomorrow

If it is about Cockney rhyming slang (which sounds very plausible), then the word 'monkey' is a Cockney word for five hundred pounds. Don't ask me why, though! May 25 01, 8:54 AM

crackers

crackers says: English hatters would pawn ('pop') their weasel (a hat-making tool) in order pay their bar tabs. In the original rhyme, the word is 'money,' which was later bastardized to 'monkey' in the American versions of the rhyme which also altered the drama. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Up and down the City Road, In and out the Eagle, That's the way the money goes. Pop goes the weasel. Fri May 25 13:56:16 CDT 2001 (Moved from #12132 - Duplicate - McG) Apr 07 03, 8:52 PM

ThistleStop

From http://www.aldertons.com/money.htm : Stephen Cheshire has provided the following: With reference to a 'monkey' for £500. I was once told that it came from soldiers returning from India where the 500 rupee note had a picture of a monkey on it. They used the term monkey for 500 rupees and on returning to England the saying was converted for sterling to mean £500. This has been confirmed by Jason Beckett who also believes that the 25 rupee note had a picture of a pony on it. Mathew Jackson confirms this. Apr 23 07, 1:45 PM

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