Monkey Beater...

....this is 'The Eagle Tavern' from the Victorian nursery rhyme, Pop Goes The Weasel....

Up and down the city road
In and out of The Eagle,
That's the way the money goes,
Pop!, goes the weasel.

My favourite verse, for quirkiness and rhyming slang symbolism is:

Every night when I go home
The monkey's on the table
Take a stick and knock it off
Pop! goes the weasel

The Victorian's loved an animal blood bath.

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