Parley-Voo

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A weasel wearing a hat and holding a violin dances on the seashore

Parley-voo.

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subjects:: Animals, Humor
Technique:: Wood Engraving
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: University of California Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Nursery nonsense
Author:: Anonymous
Publisher:: New York: Hurd & Houghton, n.d. [ca. 1865?]
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Description:

A weasel wearing a hat and holding a violin dances on the seashore while fish poke their heads out of the water.

The “Parley-Voo” rhyme goes:

One morning a weasel came swimming
All the way over from France
And taught all the weasels of England
To play the fiddle and dance.

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{{cite web | title=Parley-Voo | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/parley-voo/ | author=Unknown | year=n.d. [ca. 1865?] | access-date=November 24, 2024 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}