High in Masonry + 

Give me a board so I can trace on + 

How high I have gone as a mason, + 

Said worker on true square cut stone + 

Unto some knights of good St. John. + 

Each one of them could trace with ease + 

The highest Masonic degrees, + 

Tell us how high then you have gone + 

They said to worker on cut stone. + 

Who said to their astonishment + 

To top of Washington monument, + 

I solemnly to you declare + 

And will swear to fact upon the square. + 

I there stood thirty-three degrees, + 

While the mercury did freeze, + 

And none of you will have desire + 

In masonry for to go higher. + 