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Article SONGS OF THE CEAFT. ← Page 4 of 14 →
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Songs Of The Ceaft.
"They know this and that , The devil knows what ,
Of secrets they talkw ^ But know bythe by , Tliat ho one can lye , Like a Free and an Accepted "On a house ne ' er so high ,
If a brother they spy / As his trowel he dext ' rously lays on : He must leave off his work , And come down with a , jerk , At the sign of an Accepted Mason .
u A Brother one tinie , „ Beiiig hang d for some crime , His Brethren did stupidly gaze oh ^ : ^ They m ^ But fast hung their friepd , Like a Free and an Accepted Masoii .
~ « They tell us fine things \ How y t lords , dukes , and kill gs , Their mis' tries have put a good grace on : For their credit Wt said . Many a skip has been made A Free and an Accepted llason .
"¦ From whence I conclude Tho it seem somewhat rude , No credit their tribe we should place on : Since a fool we may see , . ¦ ' .. Of any degree . May commence an Accepted Mason . "
In vol . Ixix of the Gentleman ' s Magazine , the number for April 1791 , page 315 et seq ., there is a letter inquiring for particulars respecting the " Mohocks" and certain other clubs of the last century , which "bears both on our present subject , and on the " Masonic Antiquities , from Bro . Bawlinson ' s MSS , " in page 956 of last year ' s Freemason ' s Magazine , and continued at page 8 of the first
January number of the present year , which the writer finishes thus : — " "We have thus brought to a conclusion this strange fictitious history of an evidently non-existent society . " In this letter there is n very copious account of the Gormogons ' and various other seceders from ' Masonry , and it appears of so much interest to our subject , that we make no apology for transcribing a large portion of it , on which we shall offer a few * quotations and remarks , showing that our Entered
Apprentice Song played a rather conspicuous part amongst them Dy being travestied to suit their purposes ; and at the same time prove that the G ormogong were an existing society ! The following is tho portion of the letter referred to : — « Pope , in the concluding book of his < Duiiciad / v > 576 , makes mention of the Orders of Gregorians and GormogonSj which his commeiltator , in a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Songs Of The Ceaft.
"They know this and that , The devil knows what ,
Of secrets they talkw ^ But know bythe by , Tliat ho one can lye , Like a Free and an Accepted "On a house ne ' er so high ,
If a brother they spy / As his trowel he dext ' rously lays on : He must leave off his work , And come down with a , jerk , At the sign of an Accepted Mason .
u A Brother one tinie , „ Beiiig hang d for some crime , His Brethren did stupidly gaze oh ^ : ^ They m ^ But fast hung their friepd , Like a Free and an Accepted Masoii .
~ « They tell us fine things \ How y t lords , dukes , and kill gs , Their mis' tries have put a good grace on : For their credit Wt said . Many a skip has been made A Free and an Accepted llason .
"¦ From whence I conclude Tho it seem somewhat rude , No credit their tribe we should place on : Since a fool we may see , . ¦ ' .. Of any degree . May commence an Accepted Mason . "
In vol . Ixix of the Gentleman ' s Magazine , the number for April 1791 , page 315 et seq ., there is a letter inquiring for particulars respecting the " Mohocks" and certain other clubs of the last century , which "bears both on our present subject , and on the " Masonic Antiquities , from Bro . Bawlinson ' s MSS , " in page 956 of last year ' s Freemason ' s Magazine , and continued at page 8 of the first
January number of the present year , which the writer finishes thus : — " "We have thus brought to a conclusion this strange fictitious history of an evidently non-existent society . " In this letter there is n very copious account of the Gormogons ' and various other seceders from ' Masonry , and it appears of so much interest to our subject , that we make no apology for transcribing a large portion of it , on which we shall offer a few * quotations and remarks , showing that our Entered
Apprentice Song played a rather conspicuous part amongst them Dy being travestied to suit their purposes ; and at the same time prove that the G ormogong were an existing society ! The following is tho portion of the letter referred to : — « Pope , in the concluding book of his < Duiiciad / v > 576 , makes mention of the Orders of Gregorians and GormogonSj which his commeiltator , in a