Freemason's song/The Free Mason's Song

THE

FREE MASON'S SONG.

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Come let us prepare,
We brothers that are
Assembled on a merry occasion;
Let's drink laugh and sing,
Our wine has a spring,
Here's a health to an accepted Mason.

The world is in pain
Our Secret to gain,
And still let them wonder & gaze on,
They ne'er can divine
The Word or the Sign
Of a free and an accepted Mason.

'Tis this and 'tis that,
They cannot tell what,
Why so many great men of the nation
Should aprons put on,
To make themselves one
With a free and an accepted Mason.

Great kings, dukes, and lords,
Have laid by their swords,
Our myst’ry to put a good grace on,
And ne'er been asham'd
To hear themselves nam'd
With a free and an accepted Mason.

Still firm to our trust,
In friendship we're just,
Our actions we guide by our reason;
By observing this rule,
The passions move cool
Of a free and an accepted Mason.

All idle debate
About Church and the State,
The springs of impiety and treason
These railers of strife
Ne'er ruffle the life
Of a free and an acccepted Mason.

Antiquity's pride
We have on our side,
Which adds high renown to our station;

There's nought but what's good,
To be understood
By a free and an accepted Mason.

The clergy embrace,
And all Aaron's race,
Our square actions their knowledge to place on
And in each degree
They'll honoured be
With a free and an accepted Mason.

We're true and sincere
In our love to the fair,
Who will trust us on every occasion;
No mortal can more
The ladies adore
Than a free and an accepted Mason.

Then join hand in hand,
To each other firm stand;
Let's be merry and put a good face on
What mortal can boast
So noble a toast
As a free and an accepted Mason.