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 Hackney | A |
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| A kid a kid my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the cat and ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the dog and bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the staff and beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the fire and burned the staff | F |
| That beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the water and quenched the fire | G |
| That burned the staff | F |
| That beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the ox and drank the water | G |
| That quenched the fire | G |
| That burned the staff | F |
| That beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the butcher and slew the ox | H |
| That drank the water | G |
| That quenched the fire | G |
| That burned the staff | F |
| That beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the angel of death and killed the butcher | G |
| That slew the ox | H |
| That drank the water | G |
| That quenched the fire | G |
| That burned the staff | F |
| That beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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| Then came the Holy One blessed be He | A |
| And killed the angel of death | I |
| That killed the butcher | G |
| That slew the ox | H |
| That drank the water | G |
| That quenched the fire | G |
| That burned the staff | F |
| That beat the dog | E |
| That bit the cat | D |
| That ate the kid | C |
| That my father bought | B |
| For two pieces of money | A |
| A kid a kid | C |
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