Masonic Song

    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!