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have acted up to the frill measure of that behfe £ for they tell us , In chorus , ' — *¦ " ¦¦ - " Let ev ^ ^ m ^ Drink bumpers to our Blaster grand , As long as he can sit , or stand , With decency . " ' -..-. "
" Not a very enviable position to be Master of we hear many a brother truly say . In ^ ^ each one , from the king on the throne , ' th ^ re is a proposition in the last two lines , —
44 Let's diink his health round that is secret and sound And a faithful and accepted Mas o ^ which , if our Brethren carried out literall y * they must have each , been in a worse predicament than the Master before alluded to , because all
Masons are secret and sound . There is 4 n excellent song by Gavin Wilson , partly on the present portion of our theme ; a ^ id as it is applicable , in ^ ^^ we present it here for the benefit of our readers . It is written to the tune of " A eobler there was , and he lived in a stall ; " our Bro . Wilson ' s song is as follows •—r
44 There once was a Mason who lov'd a long drink , And a fop of a cowan , who fondly did think , Could he get him fuddled and find out this wonder , He'd make all the Masons of England knock under . Deny down , down , down , derry down
He went to the Mason and told him his tale ; A bargain was struck for six dozen of ale ; He told him some nonsense , and gave Mm in fine What the cowan thought truly the Freemason ' s sign . Derry down , & c 44 Brimful of his learning , next day in the street , With two or three Masons he happened to meet ,
And , impatient to be recognized as a Freemason , Gave signs , words , and tokens , without hesitation . Derry down , & c 44 They saw he was bubbled ; but , wanting some fun , They adjourn'd to a tavern , where being set down , They told the young brother it was not discreet To expose Masons' signs as he walked in the street . Derry down , & c
44 And for this indiscretion he must pay a fine , ' If I rightly remember , three bottles of wine ; Which he willingly did , and e ' en call'd for another ; For he firmly believ'd he was now a true brother , Derry down , & e 44 So , presuming on this , to , a Lodge he did go ; When , alas ! he soon found he was in statu quo : For they told him , to his no small mortification , That he'd neither the face , nor the heart of a Mason . Derry down , & c .
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have acted up to the frill measure of that behfe £ for they tell us , In chorus , ' — *¦ " ¦¦ - " Let ev ^ ^ m ^ Drink bumpers to our Blaster grand , As long as he can sit , or stand , With decency . " ' -..-. "
" Not a very enviable position to be Master of we hear many a brother truly say . In ^ ^ each one , from the king on the throne , ' th ^ re is a proposition in the last two lines , —
44 Let's diink his health round that is secret and sound And a faithful and accepted Mas o ^ which , if our Brethren carried out literall y * they must have each , been in a worse predicament than the Master before alluded to , because all
Masons are secret and sound . There is 4 n excellent song by Gavin Wilson , partly on the present portion of our theme ; a ^ id as it is applicable , in ^ ^^ we present it here for the benefit of our readers . It is written to the tune of " A eobler there was , and he lived in a stall ; " our Bro . Wilson ' s song is as follows •—r
44 There once was a Mason who lov'd a long drink , And a fop of a cowan , who fondly did think , Could he get him fuddled and find out this wonder , He'd make all the Masons of England knock under . Deny down , down , down , derry down
He went to the Mason and told him his tale ; A bargain was struck for six dozen of ale ; He told him some nonsense , and gave Mm in fine What the cowan thought truly the Freemason ' s sign . Derry down , & c 44 Brimful of his learning , next day in the street , With two or three Masons he happened to meet ,
And , impatient to be recognized as a Freemason , Gave signs , words , and tokens , without hesitation . Derry down , & c 44 They saw he was bubbled ; but , wanting some fun , They adjourn'd to a tavern , where being set down , They told the young brother it was not discreet To expose Masons' signs as he walked in the street . Derry down , & c
44 And for this indiscretion he must pay a fine , ' If I rightly remember , three bottles of wine ; Which he willingly did , and e ' en call'd for another ; For he firmly believ'd he was now a true brother , Derry down , & e 44 So , presuming on this , to , a Lodge he did go ; When , alas ! he soon found he was in statu quo : For they told him , to his no small mortification , That he'd neither the face , nor the heart of a Mason . Derry down , & c .