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'''HA'PENNY FOR A COTTON BALL, A'''. AKA and see "[[Letter from Home (A)]]." Irish, Reel. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB. The title is a line from the nursery ditty "Pop Goes the Weasel":
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''A ha’ penny for a cotton ball''<br>
''A farthing for a needle''<br>
''That’s the way the money goes''<br>
''Pop goes the weasel!''<br>
''Half a pound of tuppeny rice''<br>
''Half a pound of treacle''<br>
''Mix it up and make it nice''<br>
''Pop goes the weasel!''<br>
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''Printed sources'': O'Neill ('''Music of Ireland'''), 1903; No. 1279. O'Neill (Krassen), 1976; p. 110. O'Neill ('''Waifs and Strays of Gaelic Melody'''), 1922; No. 230.
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