Bibliography - Free-Masons Vocal, 1807

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Short Title Free-Masons Vocal, 1807 
Title Free-Masons Vocal Assistant, The 
Pages 257 
Publisher Negrin, Brother J.J. 
Location RPB MF FH B6 03049.3,MH Rdx 12620 
Date 1807 
Place Charleston (S.C) 
Data Place Rdx S12620 
Comments 94 Masonic songs in English, 46 in French. Music notation for 19 songs 
First Line Page Verses
When earth's foundation first was laid (fl)  13-14 
When masonry, by heav'ns decree (fl)  14-15 
Hail! masonry! thou craft divine! (fl)  15-16 
Some folks have with curious impertinence strove (fl)  17-18 
Hail masonry divine! (fl)  18 
Ye dull stupid mortals give o'er your conjectures (fl)  19-20 
When the sun from the east first saluted our eyes (fl)  20-21 
Mason's daughter, fair and young, A (fl)  21-22 
I sing the Mason's glory (fl)  22-23 
Great source of light and love (fl)  23-24 
Arise, and sound thy trumpet, Fame: (fl)  24-25 
Come let us prepare (fl)  25-26 
How pleasing and joyful when brethren unite (fl)  27 
Come, are you prepar'd (fl)  27-28 
Grant us kind heaven what we request (fl)  28-29 
All hail! to the morning (fl)  29-30 
"Let there be light!" the Almighty spoke (fl)  31 
Assist me, ye fair tuneful Nine (fl)  31-32 
By Masons' Art th' aspiring dome (fl)  32-33 
Almighty Sire! our heavenly king (fl)  33-34 
Not the fictions of Greece, or dreams of old Rome (fl)  34-35 
Arise, gentle Muse, and thy wisdom impart (fl)  35-36 
Mason's life's the life for me, A (fl)  36-38 
'Tis Masonry unites mankind (fl)  38-39 
It is my duty to obey (fl)  39-40 
To the Knight Templar's awful dome (fl)  40 -41 
Thou fairest Type of Excellence divine (fl)  42   
Now the Junior Warden calls us from our labor (fl)  42-43 
Hail to the Craft! at whose serene command (fl)  43-44 
When the Senior Warden standing in the West (fl)  44-45 
Let masons be merry each night when they meet (fl)  45-46 
Mark Masters all appear (fl)  46-47 
Unite, unite, your voices raise (fl)  47-48 
Philander as musing he sat (fl)  48-49 
Of all institutions to form well the mind (fl)  49-50 
You people who laugh at masons draw near (fl)  50-51 
To the science that virtue and art do maintain (fl)  51-53 
What solemn sounds on holy Sinai rung (fl)  53-54 
Ye spirits pure, that rous'd the tuneful throng (fl)  54 
Daughter of God's. fair virtue, if to thee (fl)  54-55 
Ye sons of fair Science, impatient to learn (fl)  56-57 
On, on, my dear brethren, pursue the great lecture (fl)  57 
Curious vulgar could never devise, The (fl)  58 
With cordial hearts let's drink a health (fl)  59-60 
We brethren freemasons let's mark the great [name] (fl)  60-61 
King Solomon, that wise projector (fl)  61-62 
Come follow, follow me (fl)  62-63 
Begin O ye muses, a free mason's strain (fl)  63-64 
Unto thee, great God, belong (fl)  64-65   
Guardian genius of our art divine (fl)  65-66 
Glorious craft, which fires the mind (fl)  66-67 
How happy a Mason! whose bosom still glows (fl)  67 
Let malicious people censure (fl)  68 
Behold in a lodge we dear brethren are met (fl)  68-69 
Come, come, my brethren dear (fl)  69-70 
Tho bigots storm, and fools declaim (fl)  70-71 
Ye gracious powers of choral song (fl)  72-73  10 
Once I was blind and could not see (fl)  73-74 
Health to our sisters let's drink, A (fl)  75 
To all who Masonry despise [sic] (fl)  75-76 
Genius of masonry descend (fl)  76-78  11 
With harmony and flowing wine (fl)  78-79 
From the depths let us raise (fl)  79-82  13 
What tho' they call us masons fools (fl)  82 
See in the east the master plac'd (fl)  83 
Here let no dull faces of business appear (fl)  83-84 
Attend, attend the strains (fl)  84-85 
To masonry your voices raise (fl)  85-86 
Bless'd be the day that gave to me (fl)  86-87 
How bless'd are we from ignorance freed (fl)  87-90  13 
Come fill up a bumper, and let it go round (fl)  90 
Pray lend me your ears my dear brethren, a while (fl)  91-93  19 
When a Lodge of Free Masons (fl)  94-95 
Wake the lute and quivering strings (fl)  95-96 
Here's a health to each one (fl)  96-98 
Hail, sacred art, by heav'n design'd (fl)  98 
When Sol, ascending from the East (fl)  99-100 
With grateful hearts your voices raise (fl)  100-101 
Let masons ever live in love (fl)  101 
Attend loving brethren, and to me give ear (fl)  102-103 
Ye thrice happy few (fl)  103-105 
Come ye elves that be (fl)  105-107  10 
Whoever wants wisdom must with some delight (fl)  107-108 
Ye brethren of the antient craft [sic] (fl)  108-109 
As some crack'd chymist of projecting brain (fl)  109-110   
With what malicious joy, ere I knew better (fl)  111   
As a wild Rake, that courts a virgin fair (fl)  112   
If to delight, to humanize the mind (fl)  112-113   
Of all the orders founded by the great (fl)  113-114   
Well---here I'm come to let you know my thoughts (fl)  114-115   
You've seen me oft in gold and ermin drest (fl)  115-116   
While others sing of wars and martial feats (fl)  116-117   
Where are those hydras? let me vent my spleen (fl)  117-118   
Well, heavens be prais'd, the naughty secret's out (fl)  119-120   
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Freres et Compagnons (fl)  157-158 
Freres & Compagnons (fl)  158-160 
A L'ombre de cette colonne (fl)  160-161 
Faites venir de Golconde (fl)  161 
Breres, il nous vient de naitre (fl)  162-163 
Sages que l'universe contemple (fl)  164-165 
Par nos epreuves symboliques (fl)  165-167 
Devotre penible carriere (fl)  167-168 
Chantons sur l'air d'O Filii (fl)  168-169 
Quel est ce monde enchante (fl)  169-172 
Art divin, l'Etre supreme (fl)  172-173 
A votre poste, Compagnons (fl)  173-174 
Aiguisez sur cette pierre (fl)  174 
Tours de concert, chantons (fl)  175-176 
Adam, a sa posterite (fl)  180-182 
Pour reussir dans un ouvrage (fl)  182-183 
Dans ce banquet ou l'alegresse (fl)  183-184 
Est-il de Fete plus charmante (fl)  184-185 
Dans ce doux & charmant festin (fl)  185 
Ce que l'on nomme Franc-Macon (fl)  185-186 
Tandis que je vous la gaite (fl)  187-188 
Trois flambeaux dans nos temples (fl)  189 
De noits l'inegale courriere (fl)  190 
Astre brillant, dont la clarte feconde (fl)  190-191 
Homme isole n'est que faiblesse, L' (fl)  191   
Rien de trop, ce fut l'adage (fl)  192 
Ce fatras de lois & d'usages (fl)  192-193 
Sagesse, tu n'es plus la mode (fl)  193-194 
Que servant le compas, l'equerre (fl)  194 
Notre reine est in in liberte (fl)  194-195 
Dans un monument, la beaute (fl)  195-196 
Apprentis, Copagnons & Maitres (fl)  196 
Du Heros defenseur des droits de la nature (fl)  197 
Lanterne a la main, La (fl)  197-199 
Par trois fois trois, mes Freres (fl)  199-201 
Tous les plaisirs de la vie (fl)  201-203 
Dans nos Banquets point de melancholie (fl)  203 
Cessons une plainte eternelle (fl)  203-204 
Des plaisirs de la table (fl)  204 
Ordre qui nous rassemble, L' (fl)  204-205 
Recevez, tres-amiables Freres (fl)  205-206 
Do Soleil la vive lumiere (fl)  207 
Quiconque a le coeur droit & pur (fl)  207 
Ne point presumer de soi meme (fl)  207 
Pour le public, un Franc-Macon (fl)  208 
A quel soupcon imaginaire (fl)  208 
Fide deo, Diffide tibi, fac propria, castas (fl)  208 
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