The Mercer is the foremost man
That founded a society.
Cho. Of all the trades that London grace,
We are the first in time and place.
‘When Nature in perfection was,
And virgin beauty in her prime,
The Mercer gave the nymph a gloss,
And made e’en beauty more sublime.
Cho. In this above our brethren blest,
The Virgin’s since our coat and crest.’