Redcoat
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When I was a child
I could not understand
The many things I required
In order to become a man.
My father taught me discipline
And to love my fellow man.
To never forsake my country
And to be an honest man.
He could say I love,
But never did he feel shame
For when it came to others
He always praised my name
When I became a Mason,
He saw what I had become
He gave his hand to me,
A brother instead of a son.
When my life is over,
I’ll ascend to the grand Lodge above.
My father will be waiting for me
With his respect and brotherly love.
My father was my brother
And we stood upon the square.
Watching from above
He can see how much I care.
Larry Burden MM 1984
I could not understand
The many things I required
In order to become a man.
My father taught me discipline
And to love my fellow man.
To never forsake my country
And to be an honest man.
He could say I love,
But never did he feel shame
For when it came to others
He always praised my name
When I became a Mason,
He saw what I had become
He gave his hand to me,
A brother instead of a son.
When my life is over,
I’ll ascend to the grand Lodge above.
My father will be waiting for me
With his respect and brotherly love.
My father was my brother
And we stood upon the square.
Watching from above
He can see how much I care.
Larry Burden MM 1984
