Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-18
1.-THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT"
A Curious Account Of the Origin Of the
Well-known Nursery Story.

an ancient parabollcal hymn, sung by I'll
Jews at the feast of the Passover, and con
memorative of the principal events in til
history of that people, Yet such is actt
ally the fact. The original, in the Chalde
language, is now lying before me, and as
may not be uninteresting to the readers {
the Congregational Magazine l will her
furnish them with literal translation of il
and then add the Interpretation as give
by P. L. Leberecht, Leipsics 1881. TIL
hymn itself is found in Sepher Haggadaf
vol. %:
| l. kid, kid, my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, kid.
| 2. Then came the cat and ate the kid
That my father bought,
| For two pieces of money:
| A kid, kid.
| 8. Then came the dog, that bit the cat,
| That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, kid.
| 4. Then came the staff, and beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces OF money:
a kid, kid.
5. Then 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
A kid, kid.
Q. Then came the water. and quench'd 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
Z. Then came the OK, and 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.
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,
8. That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
kid, a kid.
o. Then came the angel of death and killed the
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:
kid, a kid.
10. Then came the Holy One, blessed be He,
And killed the angel of death,
That killed the 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
kid, kid.
The following is the Interpretation
l. The kid, which is one of the pure ami
nails, denotes the Hebrews. The father by
whom it was purchased is Jehovah, who
epresents himself as sustaining this rela.
ion to the Hebrew nation. The pieces OF
money signify Moses and Aaron, through |
whose mediation the Hebrews were brought |
ut of Egypt.
2. The cat denotes the Assyrians, by |
7hom the Ten Tribes were carried into
aptivity.
3. The dog is symbolical of the Baby.
,nians.
4. The staff signifed the Persians.
5. The fire indicates the Grecian Empire
nder Alexander the Great.
6. The water betokens the Roman or the
'urth of the great monarehies to whom the
ews were subjected.
7. The OK is a symbol of the Saracens,
tho subdued Palestine, and brought it
nder the caliphate.
s. The butcher that killed the OK denotes
ne Crusaders by whom the Holy Land was
rested out of the hands of the Saracens.
g. The angel of death signifies the Turk
h power, by which the land of Palestine
as taken from the Franks, to whom it is
i'll subject.
10. The commencement of the tenth
ana is designed to show that God will
Ike signal vengeance on the Turks, i'm
ediately after whose overthrow the Jews
e to be restored to their own land and
We under the government of their long
,pected Messiah. London Congrega-
onal Magazine.