The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-04
The Uouse that Jack Built.

TO illustrate. A fewer still would sus-
pect that it is only an accommodated
and altered form of an ancient para
bolcal hymn, sung by the Jews at the |
Feast of the Passover, and commemora-
tive OF the principal events in the his
tory of that people. Yet such is &C
tually the fact The following is
literal translation OF the original from
the Chaldee language;
IA Kid, kid my father bought
For two pieces OF money; "
2-Then came the cat, and ate the kid,
That my father bought
For TWO pieces OF money; , -,
3-Then came the dog and bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces OF money
4-Then came the stan, and beat the dog,
That bit the cat
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
a kid, Kid
5-Thcn came the fire, and burned the staff.
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces OF money lit,
6-Then came the water and quenched the fire,
That burned the staf,
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 OK and drank the water,
That quenched the fire,
That burned the stan,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces Of money -,
s-Then came the butcher and slew the OK,
That drank the water,
That quenched the fire.
That burned the stan,
That beat the dog
mat bit the cat,
That ate the KID,
hat my father bought
kid, kid.
9-Ihen came the angel OF death,
And killed the butcher,
That slew the OK,
That drank the water
That Quenched the nre,
That burned the stan,
HAT beat the dOg,
Ihat bit the cat
That ate the Kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces OF money LII
lO-Tben came the Holy One, blessed be He,
And killed the angel of death,
That killed the butcher,
That slew the OK,
bat drank the water,
That quenched the fire,
That burned the stah,
That beat the dog,
That hit the eat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces OF money:
A kid, kid.
The following is the Interpretation a.
given 10y Z. y. Lebrecht, Leipsic, 1871
The hymn itself is found IN Sephel
Aaggahah, vol. %:
!. The kid, which is one Of the pure
animals, denotes the Hebrews. The
father 10y whom it is purchased is Jeho
yah, VINO represents himself as sustain
ing this relation to the Hebrew nation
The pieces of money signify Moses and
Aaron, through whose medium the He
brews were brought out of Egypt.
,. The cat denotes the Assyrians, by
whom the ten tribes were carried into
captivity.
3. The dog is symbolical of the Baby
lOnians.
4. The staff signifies the Persians.
5. The fire indicates the Grecian En-
pire, under Alexander the Great.
6. The water betokens the Romans
or the fourth of the great monarchies t
whom the Jews were subject.
I. The OK is symbol Of the Saracens
who subdued Palestine, and brought i
under the Caliphate.
S. The butcher that killed the OK de
notes the Crusaders, 10y whom the Holy
Land was wrested out of the hands 0
the Saracens.
9. The angel of death signifies thu
Turkish power by which the land o
Palestine was taken from the Franks
10 whom it is still subject.
10. The commencement of the tentl
stanza is designed to show that God viii
take signal vengeance on the Turks
Immediately after whose overthrow tn,
Jews are TO be restored to their owl
land, and live under the government o
their long-cXpected Messiah