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!