THE ENTERED APPRENTICE's SONG

Come let us prepare, We brothers that are, Assembled on 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 secrets to gain, And still let them wonderand gaze on; Till they're brought to light, They'll ne'er know the right, Word or sign of an accepted Mason.

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

Antiquity's pride We have on our side, Which maketh men just in their station: There's nought but what's good To be understood, By 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 are guided by reason: By observing this rule, The passions move cool, Of a free and an accepted Mason.

We're true and sincere, And just to the Fair, They'll trust us on any occasion: No mortals can more, The Ladies adore, Than a free and an accepted Mason

Then join hand in hand, By each Brother firm stand, Lets be merry and put a bright face on,

What mortal can boast, So noble a toast, As a free and an accepted Mason.