Masonic Song（1 / 1）

masonic song

tune—“shawn-boy,” or “over the water to charlie.”

ye sons of old killie, assembled by willie,

to follow the noble vocation;

your thrifty old mother has scarce such another

to sit in that honoured station.

i've little to say, but only to pray,

as praying's the ton of your fashion;

a prayer from thee muse you well may excuse

'tis seldom her favourite passion.

ye powers who preside o'er the wind, and the tide,

who marked each element's border;

who formed this frame with beneficent aim,

whose sovereign statute is order:—

within this dear mansion, may wayward contention

or withered envy ne'er enter;

may secrecy round be the mystical bound,

and brotherly love be the centre!