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muster my lad your mechanical tools, Your saws and your axes, your hammers and rules; Bring your mallets and planes, your levil and line, And plenty of pins of American pine:
 * For a roof we will raise, and our song still shall be,
 * A government firm,and our citizens free.

Come up with the plates, lay them firm on the wall, Like the people at large, they're the ground work of all; Examine them well and see that they're sound, Let no rotten parts in our building be found;
 * For our roof we will raise and our song still shall be,
 * Our government firm and our citizens free.

Now hand up the girders, lay each in its place, Between them the joists must divide all the space;