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!