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Those Men Who Wear Those Mason Rings by Michael R. Strampe
Past Master: Lake Lodge #189
F&AM Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The 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
That 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 Pasted Since When
My Dad Was in That Plaster Cast,
And Since I Swore That Solemn Oath
Which Unites Us to the Last.
- That is beautiful and very true,we as masons have the duty to take care of one another.This is a very special brotherhood we belong to.Alot of our brothers are using masonery to get to the Shriners and then forget all about the Blue Lodge once they get there.
- That was an absolutely beautiful passage. Posted on my birthday, June 14th ! I am from Milwaukee, living in Seattle. I am not a Mason, but feel that I am through the good deeds and actions I take. Thanks !
