Nursery Rhyme. Dxcv. Accumulative Stories Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BAC CBAC DCBAC EDCBAC FEDCBAC GFEDCBAC GGFEDCBAC HGGFEDCBAC GHGGFEDCBAC AIGHGGFEDCBAC

The original of 'The house that Jack built' is presumed to be a hymn in Sepher Haggadah fol a translation of which is here given The historical interpretation was first given by P N Leberecht at Leipsic in and is printed in the 'Christian Reformer ' vol xvii p The original is in the Chaldee language and it may be mentioned that a very fine Hebrew manuscript of the fable with illuminations is in the possession of George Offer Esq of HackneyA
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A kid a kid my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the cat and ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the dog and bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the staff and beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the fire and burned the staffF
That beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the water and quenched the fireG
That burned the staffF
That beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the ox and drank the waterG
That quenched the fireG
That burned the staffF
That beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the butcher and slew the oxH
That drank the waterG
That quenched the fireG
That burned the staffF
That beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the angel of death and killed the butcherG
That slew the oxH
That drank the waterG
That quenched the fireG
That burned the staffF
That beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC
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Then came the Holy One blessed be HeA
And killed the angel of deathI
That killed the butcherG
That slew the oxH
That drank the waterG
That quenched the fireG
That burned the staffF
That beat the dogE
That bit the catD
That ate the kidC
That my father boughtB
For two pieces of moneyA
A kid a kidC

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