Composed by William Preston

Come let us prepare,
We Brothers that are
Assembled on noble occasion:
Let us be happy and sing
For life is a Spring
To a Free and an Accepted Mason


The world is in pain
Our secrets to gain,
And still let them wonder and gaze on
They ne"er can divine
The Word or the SIgn
Of a Free and an Accepted Mason

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


Great Kings, dukes, and lords,
Have laid by their swords
Our mystery to puut a good grace on'
And ne'er be ashamed
To hear themselves named
With a Free and an Accepted Mason