The Eagle, on City Road in London, is still there - I've had a drink or two and a pub lunch there, and they have the full description of the rhyme in hand-painted gold script on panels next to the door.
I grew up around the nearby streets to City road .Another video was a geezer saying the Eagle was in Hackney !!! Apart from the fact he had no clue where the Eagle was he at least knew a bit about rhyming slang , I wonder if he's heard of back slang 👍😉👋
treacle is the by product from converting from raw sugar to white sugar its the remaining molasses left in raw sugar that is info given to me in the refinery in town here
Random thing, I thought the lyrics were Round and round the fishy will goes Around the big old weasel (this second line tends to alternate a lot and would sometimes be gibberish) Round and round the fishy will go Pop goes the weasel and I had that stuck in my head for as long as I could remember-
Treacle is not the black stuff from Fowler, it is slang for Golden Syrup from Abram Lyle and far from treacle, it is refiners syrup from sugar cane. It is the East End where Abram Lyle had his refinery.
Just watched another explanation that said that "weasel" was the rhyming scheme for "coat" and that "pop" meant "pawn". So it all checks out, haha I would guess that "the monkey" represented the cliche "monkey on your back"... AKA problems washed away with alcohol... But I might be wrong.
The weasel here is a hat mould or a shoe last or tools all wrapped in weasel skins to protect them, pop means pawn, so the “weasel” goes to the pop shop (the pawnbrokers), however it could be a coat (weasel and stoat in rhyming slang) or a spinners weasel (not to be confused with wheel) which popped when full up.
My mum said in Scotland the wives would go down to the shipyards on Friday to get the pay off their husbands before they made it to the Black Cat and drank their wages ...leaving the kids with no food for the week ...
The Eagle, on City Road in London, is still there - I've had a drink or two and a pub lunch there, and they have the full description of the rhyme in hand-painted gold script on panels next to the door.
They don't have the actual description though, just what suits the est... :)
I grew up around the nearby streets to City road .Another video was a geezer saying the Eagle was in Hackney !!! Apart from the fact he had no clue where the Eagle was he at least knew a bit about rhyming slang , I wonder if he's heard of back slang 👍😉👋
Ah Jaysus man you need Prime Time TV, your show would go freaking viral I love these shows.
This show is HILARIOUS! I'm off to watch some more of these now... haha
Thank you so much!
Anthony Newley wrote a song with the same title and gave the same explanation within it in the 1960's.
treacle is the by product from converting from raw sugar to white sugar its the remaining molasses left in raw sugar that is info given to me in the refinery in town here
Random thing, I thought the lyrics were
Round and round the fishy will goes
Around the big old weasel (this second line tends to alternate a lot and would sometimes be gibberish)
Round and round the fishy will go
Pop goes the weasel
and I had that stuck in my head for as long as I could remember-
0:52 that made me LOL 😂
Treacle is not the black stuff from Fowler, it is slang for Golden Syrup from Abram Lyle and far from treacle, it is refiners syrup from sugar cane. It is the East End where Abram Lyle had his refinery.
There was me finking a golden syrup was a blond wig !
I don't mind a bit of treacle in place of honey. Keep up the good work.
Thank you that was very informative and funny at the same time 👍
Treacle is delicious- eg treacle toffee and treacle pudding! :-)
Where does the weasel come in?? Love your beekeeping channel too!
Just watched another explanation that said that "weasel" was the rhyming scheme for "coat" and that "pop" meant "pawn". So it all checks out, haha
I would guess that "the monkey" represented the cliche "monkey on your back"... AKA problems washed away with alcohol... But I might be wrong.
Thank you so much!
The weasel here is a hat mould or a shoe last or tools all wrapped in weasel skins to protect them, pop means pawn, so the “weasel”
goes to the pop shop (the pawnbrokers), however it could be a coat (weasel and stoat in rhyming slang) or a spinners weasel (not to be confused with wheel) which popped when full up.
My mum said in Scotland the wives would go down to the shipyards on Friday to get the pay off their husbands before they made it to the Black Cat and drank their wages ...leaving the kids with no food for the week ...
Is that a Veggie Tale's tie???😂
THIS IZ FIRE!!!!!
Cheers!
Cool
Launchin Jack 😨💀
Its about pickpockets
Do you actually drink spirits straight like the Americans, or is that glass a prop🍺🍺