A kid, a kid, my father bought

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.

Then came the dog, and bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

Then came the staff, and beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

Then came the fire, and burned the staff,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

Then came the water, and quenched the fire,
That burned the staff,
That beat the dog,
That bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

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 ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

Then came the butcher, and 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 bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

Then came the angel of death, 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 ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

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 bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.

The following is the interpretation:

The kid, which was one of the pure animals, denotes the
Hebrews.

The father, by whom it was purchased, is Jehovah, who
represents himself as sustaining this relation to the Hebrew
nation. The two pieces of money signify Moses and Aaron,
through whose mediation the Hebrews were brought out of Egypt.

The cat denotes the Assyrians, by whom the ten tribes were
carried into captivity.

The dog is symbolical of the Babylonians.

The staff signifies the Persians.

The fire indicates the Grecian empire under Alexander the
Great.

The water betokens the Roman, or the fourth of the great
monarchies to whose dominions the Jews were subjected.

The ox is a symbol of the Saracens, who subdued Palestine,
and brought it under the caliphate.

The butcher that killed the ox denotes the crusaders,
by whom the Holy Land was wrested out of the hands of the
Saracens.

The angel of death signifies the Turkish power, by which
the land of Palestine was taken from the Franks, and to which
it is still subject.

The commencement of the tenth stanza is designed to show
that God will take signal vengeance on the Turks, immediately
after whose overthrow the Jews are to be restored to their
own land, and live under the government of their long-expected
Messiah.