Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-06-06
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.sTpB HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT" OF
JEWISH ORIGIN

..TpB HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT OF
JEWISH ORIGIN .
Very few are aware of the original form OF
this nursery legend, or the particular sub
ject il was designed to illustrate. And fewer
still would suspect that it was only an accom-
parabolical hymn sang by the Jews at the
feast of the passover, and conmemoration of
the principal events in the history of that peo-
pie. Yetsuck is the fact.
The originals in the Chaldean language.
We have furnisi. I'd literal translation of it
and add the Interpretation as given by p. N.
Lebrecht, 1881
kid. a kid my father bought
For two pieces Of money
kid, kid.
Then came the cat and ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money
.a-s.s IS sr- A kid, kid. s-TE
Then came the dog that bit the cat
That ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money
A kid a kid.
Then came the staff that beat the dog
That bitthe cat 5sN
That ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces Of money
u @% A Kid, a kid. 'g-
Then came the fire that burned the stan
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the kid - ff --B
That my Il Tier bought
For two pieces OF money
kid, kid.
Then came the water that uenchcd the fire
That burned the staf
That beat the dog
That the cat
That tie the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money
A kid, kid.
Then came the OK and drank the water
That quenched the fire
That burned the stan 81
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the Kid
That my fat n bought
Fortw pieces Of money
A Kill, kid.
Then came The butcher that slew the OK
Tnat drank me water
That quenchcd the ire
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
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Then came the angel of death and killed the
T. butcher
That 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 the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money
.mia A kid, kid.
Then came the Holy One, blessed Ike he,
That killed the angel Of death
That killed the butcher
That slew the OK
That drank the water
That qnenched the fire
That burned the staff
That beat the dog -st ..
That BIT the cat
That ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money
A kid, a kid
The following is the Interpretation: 4
LIST. The kid, which was one Of the poor
animals, denotes the Hebrews The father
by whom it was purchased, deborah, is repre-
scented as sustaining that relation to the He
brew nation. The two pieces of money sig
nifty Moses and Aaron, through whose medi-
alton the Hebrews were brought out of
Egypt.
I'd. The cat denotes the Assyrians by whom
the ten tribes were carried into captivity.
Sd. The dog is a symbolical Of the Bah
ylonians. Jf8st 895eaf lEE e[
4th. The staff signifies the Persians.
Eth The fire indicates the Grecian Empire
under Alexander the Great. '-a
9th. The water betokens the Romans in
the fourth Of the great monarchies to whom
the jews were subjected.
7th. The OK is symbol of the Saracens
who subdued Palestine and brought it under
the Calipl ate.
Sth. The butcher that killed the OK denotes
the crusaders by whom the Holy lend was
wrested out Of tle hands Of the Saracens.
9th. The Angel Of death signifies the Turk
ish power by which the land of Palestine was
taken from the Franks and to whom it is still
subject.
The commencement of the tenth stanza is
intended to show that God will take signal
vengeance on the Turks Immediately after
whose overthrow the Jews are to be restored
to their own land and live under the govern
ment Of their long expected Messiah.
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