...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...father bought For two pieces of money: A kid, a kid." There is an elaborate interpretation of the symbolism of this hymn, going back at least as far as 1731,...

...in the house that Jack built, etc. A kid, a kid, my father bought For two pieces of money. Then came the cat That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money. Then came the dog That bit the cat That ate the kid That my father bought For two pieces of money,...

...two, three, Out goes he." "Then came the ox, and 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 jingle and nonsense of the above, together with the repetition of the commas appeal to the child's...

...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, etc., etc. 4. Then came the staff, and beat...

...the slaughterer tl:at killed the ox that drank the water that quenched the fire that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid, my father bought for two zuzim. One only kid, one only kid. T 1 The Last of the Samaritans BY WOLFGANG...

...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,...

...money : A kid, a kid. 7. Then came the ox, and 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. 8- Then came the butcher, and slew the ox, That drank the water, That quenched the fire, That burned...

...the slaughterer that killed the ox that drank 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." Bloom's statement "Justice it means...

...the kid that father bought for two zuzim. One kid, one kid. And the fire came and burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid that father bought for two zuzim. One kid, one kid. And the water came and quenched the fire that burned...

...slaughterer that slaughtered the ox that drank the water that quenched the fire that burned the stick that beat the dog that bit the cat that ate the kid that father bought for two zuzim. One kid, one kid." 7.213 (122:28). Sounds a bit ... into it well "Chad...