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Article SONGS OF THE CEAFT. ← Page 3 of 14 →
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Songs Of The Ceaft.
are all that can be pointed out as regards Masonry . In song books , scattered here fed there— -conipilation ^ of every shade and eharacter-- ~ are to be found many songs 6 and , as it were , sown broadcast , among the multitinle of selections , that to form anything like a collection o of the be of
Masonic muse ^ would a work considerable labour , and extend oyer a long period of time . Our present busing that it Mil perhaps excite some surprise to hear that anythi ^ be said about it . JSTevertheless , " Come , let us prepare , ^ ' i ^ t ^ e production of a Mr . Matthew Birkhead , a Brother of Lodgfe No ,. 6 , in or ^ bout the year 1720 . This song may be , and is , regarded as
the rhythmical cbarter and exponent of the principles of the Craft , and as such it hats been reverently cherished by all Masons , and as often been turned to the use and abuse of the Order by & had no inheritance under it , and only used eith sentiments or an adaptation which were of such a nature that they required the aid of a ve iriore valued than they could devise , and more popular fo hearty faith , such as their offspring attain .
There can be but little donbt that the publication of the c | Constitutions '' in 1723 , raised a clo ^ and other attacks ^ " upon Freemasonry , '' in the various s publications of the day . However / in 1725 , the suhject having by that time been pretty w ell ventilated , tike London Journal th ought fit to insert a song called " An Answer to the Free-Mason ' s Health , " and
this was set to music by a Mr . Yoslington / of whom no trace exists to show who he was ; and as we should always Jcnoio , if we do not approve of / the opposite side of every question presented to lis , let us see the first parody on our Entered Apprentice song , which , according to a single sheet of music , was reprinted from the London Journal , thus : ¦—
" Good people give ear And the truth shall appear , For Ave scorn to put any grimace on : We ' ve been bamm ' d long enough , . With this clamn ' d silly stuff Of a Free and an Accepted Mason , " The dear Brotherhood ,
As they certainly shou'd , Their follies do put a good face on : But its only a gin , To draw other fools in
So sly is an Accepted Mason . iC With aprons before ' , For better decorum , Themselves they employ all their praise on : In aprons array'd , Of calves leather made . True type of an Accepted Mason .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Songs Of The Ceaft.
are all that can be pointed out as regards Masonry . In song books , scattered here fed there— -conipilation ^ of every shade and eharacter-- ~ are to be found many songs 6 and , as it were , sown broadcast , among the multitinle of selections , that to form anything like a collection o of the be of
Masonic muse ^ would a work considerable labour , and extend oyer a long period of time . Our present busing that it Mil perhaps excite some surprise to hear that anythi ^ be said about it . JSTevertheless , " Come , let us prepare , ^ ' i ^ t ^ e production of a Mr . Matthew Birkhead , a Brother of Lodgfe No ,. 6 , in or ^ bout the year 1720 . This song may be , and is , regarded as
the rhythmical cbarter and exponent of the principles of the Craft , and as such it hats been reverently cherished by all Masons , and as often been turned to the use and abuse of the Order by & had no inheritance under it , and only used eith sentiments or an adaptation which were of such a nature that they required the aid of a ve iriore valued than they could devise , and more popular fo hearty faith , such as their offspring attain .
There can be but little donbt that the publication of the c | Constitutions '' in 1723 , raised a clo ^ and other attacks ^ " upon Freemasonry , '' in the various s publications of the day . However / in 1725 , the suhject having by that time been pretty w ell ventilated , tike London Journal th ought fit to insert a song called " An Answer to the Free-Mason ' s Health , " and
this was set to music by a Mr . Yoslington / of whom no trace exists to show who he was ; and as we should always Jcnoio , if we do not approve of / the opposite side of every question presented to lis , let us see the first parody on our Entered Apprentice song , which , according to a single sheet of music , was reprinted from the London Journal , thus : ¦—
" Good people give ear And the truth shall appear , For Ave scorn to put any grimace on : We ' ve been bamm ' d long enough , . With this clamn ' d silly stuff Of a Free and an Accepted Mason , " The dear Brotherhood ,
As they certainly shou'd , Their follies do put a good face on : But its only a gin , To draw other fools in
So sly is an Accepted Mason . iC With aprons before ' , For better decorum , Themselves they employ all their praise on : In aprons array'd , Of calves leather made . True type of an Accepted Mason .