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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. | '''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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<br> | ''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. | ''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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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":
A ha’ penny for a cotton ball
A farthing for a needle
That’s the way the money goes
Pop goes the weasel!
Half a pound of tuppeny rice
Half a pound of treacle
Mix it up and make it nice
Pop goes the weasel!
Source for notated version:
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.
Recorded sources:
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