East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1861-11-05
g The House that Jack Built" OF
JeWish Origin. lr

Jewish origin. bra
Very few are at all aware of the orig
nal form of this nursery legend, or til,
particular subject il was designed tonil
ustrate. And fewer still would suspect
hat it was only an accommodated and
lltered translation of an ancient para
oolical hymn, sang by the Jews at the
east of the passover, and commemora
i've of the principal events in the history
IF that people. Yet such is the fact.
The original is in the Chaldean Ian
yuage. We here furnish literal trans
alton of IL, and add the Interpretation,
IS given by r. N.Lebrccht, Leipsic, 1871
Akid, a kid my father bought, L,
For two pieces Of money; ldt- sAH''iJ
bio A kid, Kid. r..tl..
Thon came the cat, and ate the kid, ~ r.-
That my father bought, s orb 4uI
For two pieces Of money; ,.frIre
W A Kid, a kid.
Then came the dog that bit tho cat,
That ate the kid
That my father bought,
For two pieces of money, 1880 lE.
I A kid, kid.
Then camo tho staff, that beat the dog, asq
That bit the cat, l.H
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces Of money @
,r..- ..t e, kid, kid. eatfIr
Then came the fire, that burned tho staff,
That beat the dog, frs s..|..l.f.r.-r
That bit the cat, .
That ate the kid, "
That my father bought, D. .a Iea
For two pieces of money I..I .,.. f.ef-
A kid, kid.
Thcn came the water that quenchcd the FIRE,
That burned the staff
That boat tho dog ilit
That bit the cat .ft rfe .at
That ate the kid
That my father bought,
For two pieces Of money; Ati
ar A kid, akid aa tfs
Then came the OK, and drank tho water,
That qnenched the fire, i..frr ef fw
That burned tho staff, t.-H
That beat the dog,
That bit the eat,
That ato the kid .-l...I-.I
That My father bought
For two pieces Of money
aIt A kid, kid
Then came the butcher and slew the OK,
That drank the water
That quenched the FIRE,
That burned the staff,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate tho kid
That my father bought, I.r
For two pieces of money;
A kid, a kid.
Then came the angel of death and killed the
-i. butcher,
rhstt slew Ifc OK,
That drank the water,
That quenched the irc,
That burned the staff,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat
That ate the kid,
That my father bought,
For two pieces Of money;
A kid, kid.
Then came the Holy one, blessed be IIc,
That killed tho angel Of death,
That killed the butcher,
That slew tho OK,
That drank the water,
That quenched the fire,
That burned the staff Ho.Hf
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat
That ate the kid, .... .
That my father bought,
A kid, a kid.
The following is the Interpretation
]. The kid, which was one of the poo
animals, denotes the Hebrews. l1'h
father, by whom it was purchased, Je
hovah, who is represented as sustainin:
this relation to the Hebrew nation. Tn
two pieces of money signify Moses an'
Aaron, through whose mediation the He
brcws were brought out of Egypt. -sas
2. The cat denotes Assyrians, by whom
the Ten Tribes were carried into cap
tivity.
3. The dog is symbolical Of the Baby
lonians. -a E
8. The staff signifies the Persians.
3. The fire indicates the Grecian En-
pirc under Alexander the Great
8. The water betokens the Romans, o
the fourth Of the great monarchies t
whom tho Jews were subjected. r
Z. The OK is symbol Of the Saracens
who subdued Palestine, and brought i
under the caliphatc. aa pH
s. The butcher that killed the OK dc
notes the crusaders, by whom the Hol
Land was wrosted out of the hands Of tn
Saracens. If... a sf.sJ "if
9. The angel of death signifies tn
Turkish power, by which the land of Pal
estine was taken from the Franks, and I,
which it is still subject 91
10. The commencement Of the tent
stanza is intended to show that God vii
take signal vengeance on the Turks, i'm
mcdately after whose overthrow th
Jews are to be restored to their own land
and live under the government Of thei
long-expccted Messiah. sa aa ia7flg
CoYPAssroS--ls an emotion of whic
we ought never to be ashamed. Gracefc
particularly in youth is tear of sympa
thy, and tho heart that melts at the tai
of Woe; we should not permit our eas
and indulgence to counteract our afiec