By W Bro Harry Benham PGStB
Lockdown has had such an effect on our life, not just as Freemasons, but in everything we do. Many of the Brethren have been eager, even desperate, to meet on the Square again. To dine and laugh together with friends and Brethren, and to return to that way of life we call normality. Now, what if there was an anthem for it?
W Bro Harry wrote and recorded such a song. It is called Let’s get back boys – Back to our Lodges. Because, as Bro Harry says: We miss our Meetings and those Joyous Festive Boards. You can listen to it here
BACK TO OUR LODGES (Lyrics by W Bro Harry Benham PGStB).
Those empty Temples
No Tyler’s calls
No DC’s walking
No VO’s talking
We’re far apart
And we’re all Locked-down
But we’re never locked-out
From a Brother’s heart
That’s the place – we love the best
With the Master – in his East Seat
And the Wardens – in South and West
Integrity is the key to our survival
Our Sentinel
Guarding all with silent pride
Over three hundred years of timeless signs and secrets
The Supreme Being and our Sovereign are our guide
So let’s get back boys – to our Lodges
That’s the place – we love the best
With the Master – in his East Seat
And the Wardens – in South and West
Our Friendship flows like the rivers from the mountains
Embracing All
Even Princes, Dukes and Lords
Both Brothers and Companions in a lifelong harmony
We miss our Meetings and those Joyous Festive Boards
So let’s get back boys – to our Lodges
That’s the place – we love the best
With the Master – in his East Seat
And the Wardens – in South and West
Respect for all is our keystone and pillar
To stand squarely
To act fairly and upright
Walking and talking on that chequered floor of life
With level intentions, we point left and point right.
So let’s get back boys – to our Lodges
That’s the place – we love the best
With the Master – in his East Seat
And the Wardens – in South and West
Charity is the heart of every Brother’s mind
A helping hand
With no borders to our care
Whenever friends are few and very hard to find
Just reach out to us and a Brother will be there.
So let’s get back boys – to our Lodges
That’s the place – we love the best
With the Master – in his East Seat
And the Wardens – in South and West
This article is part of the Arena Magazine, Issue 44 April 2021 edition.
Arena Magazine is the official magazine of the London Freemasons – Metropolitan Grand Lodge and Metropolitan Grand Chapter of London.
Read more articles in the Arena Issue 44.