The record-union., 1891-07-18
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT"

OrlSlilSll jewish version or the Well
known Nursery Rhymes.
Not only no children, but few grown
people, know the very interesting orig
inal form of "The House That Jack
Built" or the particular subject il was
designed to illustrate. 1t is but an altered
translation OF an ancient parabOlical
hymn sung by the Jews at the feast Of
the PASSOVER, and commemorative of tho
principal events in the history of that
people. The original is in the Chaldee
language, and is found in Sepher Haga-
dah, fol. %, the translation of which is as
follows:
l. A KID, kid my father bought,
For two pieces of money;
a kid, a kid.
2. Then came the cat, and ate the kid,
That my father bought,
For two pieces OF money;
A kid, q kid.
5. Then came the dog and bit the cat.
That ate the kid,
That my father bought,
For two pieces OF money;
A kid, a kid.
4. Then came the staff, that beat tie dog,
That bit the cat
That ate the kid,
That my father bought.
For two pieces OF money;
n Kid, n 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,
y kid, a kid.
6. Then came the water and 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:
y KID. q kid.
:. Then came tho OK and drank the water,
That Quchched the fire,
That burned the staff,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father hOuCht
For two pieces of money;
y kid, n kid.
S. Then came the butcher that Slcyy the OK
That drank the water,
That qucnched tic 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;
kid, a kid.
9. Then came the angel of death and killed
the butcher
That slew the OK,
That drank the water
That Quenchc6 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:
y kid, kid.
10. Then came the Holy One, blessed be lie!
And killed the angel of dea,h,
That killed the butcher,
That slew the OK,
That drank the water,
That quenched tine 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;
n kid, Il kid.
depreciation:
/. The kid, which was ono of the pyuo
animals, denotes the Hebrews. The
father by whom it was purchased Is Je-
hovah, who represents himself rs sus-
tanning this relation to the Hebrew ma
ton. The two pieces of money signify
Moses and Aaron, through whose nedi-
alton the Jews were brought ou5 Of
Egypt.
.. The ca: denotes the Aasyrians, by
whom the ten tribes were carried into
captivity.
5. The dog is symbolical of the Baby
louians.
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D. The fire indicates the Grecian En-
pire under Alexander the Great
g. The water betokens the Romans, or
the fourth of the great monarchs, to whose
dominion the Jews were subjected.
7. The OK is 4 symbol of the Saracous,
who subdued Palestine and brought it
under the caliphate.
s. Tho butcher that killed the OK de-
notes the Crusaders by whom the Holy
Land was wrested out OF the hands CT tho
SaFacCnS.
.. The angel of death signifies The Turk
ish power, by which the land of Palestine
was taken from the Franks, and to which
il is still subject.
10. The commencement Of the tenth
stanZa is designed TO show that God VIII
take signal vengeance on the Turks, inn
mediately after whose overthrow tho
Jews are TO be restored to their own land,
and live under the government of their
long-eXpected Messiah.
1t is evident, of course, that the inter
probation OF the last stanZa in particular is
written by jew. y Christian would
explain, Holy one, blessed be he, as
Christ who came. Boston Herald.