Then came the Holy One, blessed be He ! And killed the Angel of Death, That killed the butcher, That slew the ox, 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... Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages ... - Seite 5von Percy Society - 1841Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1863 - 732 Seiten
...1731. It is not, probably, unfamiliar to some of our readers, and it commences thus : — A kid, a kid my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid. It goes on accumulating in each verso much as does the " House that Jack built,,'' the chief actors... | |
| Bourchier Wrey Savile - 1863 - 338 Seiten
...That killed the butcher, That killed the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That...kid That my father bought For two pieces of money." The following explanation of the allegory is given: — The kid, a clean animal, signifies the Hebrew... | |
| 1866 - 588 Seiten
...23. 1. A kid, a 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, a kid. 3. Then came the dog and bit the cat That ate the kid, &c. 4. Then came the staff and beat the dog... | |
| 1872 - 888 Seiten
...Turkish power, to which the Holy Land is subject. The commencement, " Then came the That burned tho staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat. That ate the kid "Which my Fucher bought For two pieces of money." Holy One, blessed be He," is designed to show that... | |
| Nursery rhymes - 1874 - 588 Seiten
...and killed the butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That...father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid. 10. Then came the Holy One, blessed be He! And killed the angel of death, That killed the butcher,... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1875 - 312 Seiten
...That killed tho butcher, That slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That...father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a kid.' We now bid farewell to the myths and reach a place where the ground is firmer beneath us, where the... | |
| Edward Clodd - 1878 - 296 Seiten
...drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the oat, That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money : A kid, a. kid.' We now bid farewell to the myths and reach a place where the ground is firmer beneath us, where the... | |
| John Roby - 1879 - 534 Seiten
...For two pieces of money. A kid, a kid. " 6. Then came the water, and quenched the fire, That burnt the staff, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That...father bought For two pieces of money. A kid, a kid. " 7. Then came the ox, and drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burnt the staff, That beat... | |
| 1879 - 822 Seiten
...the butcher, who killed the ox, that drank the water, that quenched the fire, that burnt the stick, that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate the...father bought for two pieces of money, a kid, a kid." I would, however, warn the reader against attaching to this poem any such limited, and, as one may... | |
| Edward Clodd, Richard Anthony Proctor - 1883 - 382 Seiten
...the butcher, who killed the ox, that drank the water, that quenched the fire, that burnt the stick, that beat the dog, that bit the cat, that ate , the...father bought for two pieces of money, a kid, a kid." I would, however, warn the reader against attaching to this poem any such limited, and, as one may... | |
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