The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-09-25
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''The House that Jack BhlIt."
a cuRrots ACCOUNT ~ THE ORIGIN oF I'd
WELL KNOWN NURSERY STORY,
As the occupations and pleasures Of ciiiI
hood prodhcc powerful impression on Il
memoryj II Is probable almost every read
who hes pissed his lnisntls days IL
English rursory tecollect6 the delight wiIN
which he repeated that puerile jinglin
legend, "The House that Jack Built" We.
few, however, are at all aware Of the origind
form Of its composition or the particular su
jcct 1t was designed to illustrate. Few,
still would suspect that IL is only an accom-
modsted and altered translation of an arf
eient purabolical hymn, sung by the JsN
at the Fast Of the Passover, and cothrheinot
ative Of the principal events in The histor
of that people. Yet such is actually III
fact. The original,in the Chaldee langupgl
is now lying before me, and, as it ithS I'D
be uninterestng to the readers Of the 6b1
gregGtiorai Magazine, will here furnis
them with a literal translation Of it, aii
then add the Interpretation as given by d
n. Leberect, Lcipsic, 1881. The hymn
self is found in sepher Haggahah, volhin''
90:
l. A kid, kid, my father bought
For two pieces of niohey;
a kid, kid.
2. Then came the cat and ate the kid
That my fnther bought
For two pieces Of money;
A kid, kid.
3. Then came the dog that bit the cat
That ate the kid
That ms father bought
For two pieces Of money!
A kid, kid.
4. Then came the taft and beat the dog|
That bit the cat
That ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money
A kid, kid.
S. Then came the fire and burned the stat
That beat the dog
That bit the cat
That ate the kid
That my father bought
For two pieces of money;
A kid, kid.
6. Then came the water that quench't
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 moneys
A kid kid
I. Then came the OK that drank the wstei
That quench'd the FIRE.
That btrned 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.
s. Then came the butcher and slew the o;
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;
A kid, a kid.
8. Thsn came the angel OF death and
killed the butcher
That slew the OK
That drank the water
That queuched 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;
A kid, kid.
10. Then came the Holy One, blessed b
He,
And killed the angel OF death
That killed the butcher
That slew the OK
That drank the water
That quenched the hre
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, a kid
The following is the Interpretation:
/. The kid, which is one Of the pure AMI
mails, denotes the Hebrews. The father b,
whom it was purchased is Jehovah, who re
presents Himselfas sustaining his relation
to the Hebrew nation. The pieces Of none.
signify Moses and Aaron, through who's
mediation the Hebrews were brought out Q
Egypt.
2. The cat denotes the Assyrians,by whom
the Ten Tribes were carried into captivity.
3. The dog Is symbolicsl OF the Baby
lonians.
4. The staff siggihed the Persians.
5. The FIRE indicates the Grand Empir
under Alexander the Great.
8. The water betokens the Roman or th
fourth OF the great monarchies to whom ID
jews were subjected.
7. The OK is a symbol Of the saraoens,wh
subjected Palestine and brought itunder q
chaliphate.
8. The butcher that killed the OK denote
the Crusaders by whom the Holy Land wa
wrested out OF the hands Of the saracens.
o. The angel Of death signifies the Turks