Date:  Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:41:42 -0500
From:  Gerald Cohen <gcohen[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UMR.EDU>
Subject: Pop Goes The Weasel

  A few days ago someone asked about the meaning of the Pop Goes The
Weasel lyrics. I addressed this topic in my _Comments on Etymology_, vol.
l9, no. 7, April l990, pp.28-32; title: '"Pop Goes The Weasel" Revisited.'


  Copies are available in the NY Public Library and the library at my campus:
             Reference Desk
             Library
             University of Missouri-Rolla
             Rolla, MO 65401

--Gerald Cohen



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