 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
 | 1906 - 148 Seiten
...money. A kid, a kid. Then came the ox and drank the^ water That quenched the fire That burned the stick That beat the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid...father bought For two pieces of money. A kid, a kid. Then came the butcher and killed the ox, etc. The advantages of the McCluskey method are : 1. Its literature.... | |
 | Lina Eckenstein - 1906 - 254 Seiten
...begins : — A kid, a kid my father bought For two pieces of money, A kid, a kid. Then came the cat and ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money. A kid, a kid. (1842, p. 6.) It further introduces dog — staff — fire — water — ox — butcher — angel of... | |
 | Israel Abrahams - 1906 - 208 Seiten
...the slaughterer that killed the ox that drew the water that quenched the fire that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid which my father bought for two zuzim. One only kid, one only kid" (Chad Gadyci). Thus runs the last... | |
 | Heinrich Heine - 1906 - 624 Seiten
...There came a fire, which burnt the stick, which beat the dog, who bit the cat, who ate the kid, which my father bought for two pieces of money. A kid ! A kid ! " There came the water, which quenched the fire, which burnt the stick, which beat the dog, who p.... | |
 | Lina Eckenstein - 1906 - 248 Seiten
...of The Old Woman and Her Pig. This chant is told in the first person. It begins : — A kid, a kid my father bought For two pieces of money, A kid, a kid. Then came the cat and ate the kid, That my father bought, For two pieces of money. A kid, a kid. (1842,... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 290 Seiten
...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...bought For two pieces of money, — A kid, a kid." To the Jews of the Middle Ages this quaint old verse had a religious symbolism. It was called the Haggadah,... | |
 | Walter Taylor Field - 1907 - 392 Seiten
...Chaldee and also in the Hebrew. This verse proceeded step by step from the phrase : " A kid, a kid, my father bought For two pieces of money, — A kid, a kid," Then appears a cat and eats the kid ; following this, a dog that bites the cat ; then a staff which... | |
 | 1908 - 114 Seiten
...allegory. (Geo. A. Kohut, Some Passover Rhymes and their Parallels. NY 1903.) Then came the fire and burned the staff; That beat the dog; That bit the cat; That...kid; That my father bought For two pieces of money. Then came the water and quenched the fire; That burned the staff; That beat the dog; That bit the cat;... | |
 | Lewis Montefiore Isaacs, Mathilde S. Schechter - 1910 - 72 Seiten
...Two zuzim father bought it for, one only kid, one only kid. Then came the fire and burnt the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid, — Chorus. — Two zuzim father bought it for, one only kid, one only kid. Then came the water and... | |
 | Walter Lowrie Hervey, Melvin Hix - 1911 - 146 Seiten
...the butcher, and killed the ox, That drank the water. That put out the fire, That burned the stick, That beat the dog, That bit the cat, That ate the...father bought For two pieces of money : a kid, a kid. Once a cat ate a kid. The dog bit the cat. The stick beat the dog. The fire burned the stick. The water... | |
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