An excellent New Free Mason Song; composed and set to Music by a Brother, to be sung at the Celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist
Title
An excellent New Free Mason Song; composed and set to Music by a Brother, to be sung at the Celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist
Description
Two songs.
[First song]; first line: Begin, Brother Masons, a Free Mason strain
Jockey to the Fair; first line: 'Twas in the morn of sweet May-Day
Imprint at last line of second column: "Sold near Liberty-Pole, 1795." Likely printed at Boston by Ezekiel Russell. See Lowens, Irving, "Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Songsters," 566 (cat. no. 20), Music in Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1820, II: Music in Homes and Churches (Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1985).
Includes two woodcuts, one of a man in profile and one of a coach with horses and driver.
Manuscript note near top of second column reads "Susannah Hildreth"
Contains manuscript note on verso: "Susannah Frye, Micah Bradley, both of Dracut"
[First song]; first line: Begin, Brother Masons, a Free Mason strain
Jockey to the Fair; first line: 'Twas in the morn of sweet May-Day
Imprint at last line of second column: "Sold near Liberty-Pole, 1795." Likely printed at Boston by Ezekiel Russell. See Lowens, Irving, "Eighteenth-Century Massachusetts Songsters," 566 (cat. no. 20), Music in Colonial Massachusetts, 1630-1820, II: Music in Homes and Churches (Boston: Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1985).
Includes two woodcuts, one of a man in profile and one of a coach with horses and driver.
Manuscript note near top of second column reads "Susannah Hildreth"
Contains manuscript note on verso: "Susannah Frye, Micah Bradley, both of Dracut"
Source
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts
MM 001.055a
Date
1795
Rights
This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.
Language
English
Identifier
A2001/027/1
Coverage
Extent
1 document; 28 x 23 cm.
Provenance
Museum purchase.
Citation
“An excellent New Free Mason Song; composed and set to Music by a Brother, to be sung at the Celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist,” digitalVGW, accessed April 25, 2024, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/508.