Would you please explain this poem to me?

[Booster]

Actually, just finished reading 'Tell Me Your Dreams' by Sidney Sheldon. I understood the contents of the entire book, except this poem:

'All around the mulberry bush,
The monkey chased the weasel.
The monkey thought 'twas all in fun,
Pop! goes the weasel'.

I can't figure out what 'weasel' is in this poem. I looked it up in the dictionary, but the meaning doesn't match the poem, I guess. Would you please explain?

 

[SackOfAllTrades]

money shot

 

[DeadByDawn]

Are you looking for an answer more in depth than "a small furry mammal?"

If so, I can't help you

 

[dullard]

I never gave any nursery rhyme any thought as to what it meant. But some people do think of such things:
"A credible interpretation of "Pop goes the Weasel" is that it is about silk weavers taking their shuttle or bobbin (known as a "weasel"), to a pawnbrokers to obtain money for drinking. It is possible that the "eagle" mentioned in the song's third verse refers to The Eagle freehold pub along Shepherdess Walk in London, which was established as a music hall in 1825 and was rebuilt as a public house in 1901. This public house bears a plaque with this interpretation of the nursery rhyme and the pub's history. Alternatively, the term "weasel" might be Cockney rhyming slang for a coat ("weasel and stoat" = "coat"), and the coat itself was pawned."

 

[Booster]

Originally posted by: DeadByDawn
Are you looking for an answer more in depth than "a small furry mammal?"

If so, I can't help you

That's the answer I found, but I don't think it's right. What furry mammal, heck...

Man... that's strange. So you mean it doesn't make any sense? My brain just exploded.

 

[Booster]

All right, let me put it this way. What do you people imagine when you read this nursery rhyme? What do you think the weasel is in this case? It's so difficult to understand for me coz I can't picture that mysterious weasel in my mind, simply got no clue what it is and/or what it could look like. Please help, I'm going mad.

 

[dullard]

While the rhyme (originally) had nothing to do with small furry creatures, I personally picture a small furry creature being chased around and exploding.

 

[Bootprint]

It's about a three-some.
bush, monkey, weasel.

 

[xxAgentCowxx]

the part about the enemy sniper on the hill was conveniently left out...
as was the "HEADSHOT!"