MASONIC RINGS
Those men who
help my dad each day,
They wear those mason rings.
A Square and Compass set in gold,
The praise of which I sing.
My dad, he
hurt his back you know,
One cold and wintery day.
He slipped and fell upon the ice,
The insurance would not pay.
And since that
time those rings I see,
On hands that help us much.
With mowing lawns and hauling trash,
Each day my heart they touch.
They even
built a house for me,
Amid our backyard tree.
Where all the neighbor kids,
Would play with laughter full of glee.
My Mom she
cried from happiness,
The time the Masons came.
To aid our family in distress,
Without a thought of gain.
And when I'm
big, just like my dad,
Of this it must be told.
I want to wear a ring like his,
A Square and Compass gold.
Long years
have passed since when
My dad was in that plaster cast.
And since I swore that Solemn Oath,
Which unites us to the last.
But more than
that I'm proud to say,
I wear his Mason ring.
The one dad wore for many years,
Until his death this spring.
And one last
time his comrades came,
To aid my weeping mother. They praised and bid a fond farewell,
To our fallen Brother.
And after
which MY son did ask,
About their Aprons white.
And of the rings upon their hands.
Of gold so shiny bright.
With tearful
eyes I said with pride,
They're men of spirit pure.
Those men who wear those Mason rings,
Of that you can be sure.
And before he
went to bed that night,
The family he foretold.
Someday I'll wear a ring like dad's,
A Square and Compass gold.
Stockbridge Lodge #691
140 Berry St
Stockbridge Ga 30281
770-474-1139
2nd and 4th Tuesday
Dinner @6:30pm
Meet @ 7:30pm.