Captain T (Tom Hunnicutt): Music

The Square and the Compass
by Tom Hunnicutt

Key of C

1. Daddy was a craftsmen and he worked hard all his life,
But he never used a hammer and he never owned a saw.
His tools were symbolic for the betterment of man,
And By the Square and the Compass my daddy took his stand.

CRS:

(and) He was level by the level,
Squared by the square,
And by the plumb of rectitude,
You knew my daddy cared.
On the trestle board of life,
He said, there lies the Master’s Plan,
And by the Square and the Compass,
My daddy took (a) his stand.

2. I did not understand many of his silent ways,
But I knew he was a good man by the way he use to pray,
He’d always help the down and out by extending a helping hand,
And by the Square and the Compass my daddy lived his stand.
3. Many years have passed and I have traveled some,
and my travels to the east would have made my daddy proud,
for the lessons that I learned made me a better man,
and by the Square and the Compass I now take my stand.

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