Of a Royal Princess we now can boast,And drink a health and loyal toastToQueen Victoria, whom God may spare,Who honoured Canada with her daughter fair.From deceitful enemies or their foes,May God the Royal couple keep in sweet repose;And let nations see that this fair land,Can uphold Royalty with heart and hand.Kingston, fair city of the thousand isles,Where the noble St. Lawrence so gently smiles;With its Royal Military College of much renown,And the grand old buildings of this ancient town.Though this city much of limestone smells,There are British hearts that ever swell,To respond to Royalty and one so fair,And to the Princess Louise who visited there.Was e'er such honour paid to Kingston before,As a Princess and Marquis inside their door?The honour paid her, was much deserved,For she stood true and loyal when others swerved.With the noble Marquis and the fair Louise,The loyal Kingstonians were much pleased;At their reception Mayor Gildersleeve did preside,With the city aldermen on either side.To give a loyal welcome to those we love so dear,And show our loyalty in old Kingston here,For that we Kingstonians all are sworn,To stand together,—aye, for Lorne!
Of a Royal Princess we now can boast,And drink a health and loyal toastToQueen Victoria, whom God may spare,Who honoured Canada with her daughter fair.From deceitful enemies or their foes,May God the Royal couple keep in sweet repose;And let nations see that this fair land,Can uphold Royalty with heart and hand.Kingston, fair city of the thousand isles,Where the noble St. Lawrence so gently smiles;With its Royal Military College of much renown,And the grand old buildings of this ancient town.Though this city much of limestone smells,There are British hearts that ever swell,To respond to Royalty and one so fair,And to the Princess Louise who visited there.Was e'er such honour paid to Kingston before,As a Princess and Marquis inside their door?The honour paid her, was much deserved,For she stood true and loyal when others swerved.With the noble Marquis and the fair Louise,The loyal Kingstonians were much pleased;At their reception Mayor Gildersleeve did preside,With the city aldermen on either side.To give a loyal welcome to those we love so dear,And show our loyalty in old Kingston here,For that we Kingstonians all are sworn,To stand together,—aye, for Lorne!
Of a Royal Princess we now can boast,And drink a health and loyal toastToQueen Victoria, whom God may spare,Who honoured Canada with her daughter fair.
Of a Royal Princess we now can boast,
And drink a health and loyal toast
ToQueen Victoria, whom God may spare,
Who honoured Canada with her daughter fair.
From deceitful enemies or their foes,May God the Royal couple keep in sweet repose;And let nations see that this fair land,Can uphold Royalty with heart and hand.
From deceitful enemies or their foes,
May God the Royal couple keep in sweet repose;
And let nations see that this fair land,
Can uphold Royalty with heart and hand.
Kingston, fair city of the thousand isles,Where the noble St. Lawrence so gently smiles;With its Royal Military College of much renown,And the grand old buildings of this ancient town.
Kingston, fair city of the thousand isles,
Where the noble St. Lawrence so gently smiles;
With its Royal Military College of much renown,
And the grand old buildings of this ancient town.
Though this city much of limestone smells,There are British hearts that ever swell,To respond to Royalty and one so fair,And to the Princess Louise who visited there.
Though this city much of limestone smells,
There are British hearts that ever swell,
To respond to Royalty and one so fair,
And to the Princess Louise who visited there.
Was e'er such honour paid to Kingston before,As a Princess and Marquis inside their door?The honour paid her, was much deserved,For she stood true and loyal when others swerved.
Was e'er such honour paid to Kingston before,
As a Princess and Marquis inside their door?
The honour paid her, was much deserved,
For she stood true and loyal when others swerved.
With the noble Marquis and the fair Louise,The loyal Kingstonians were much pleased;At their reception Mayor Gildersleeve did preside,With the city aldermen on either side.
With the noble Marquis and the fair Louise,
The loyal Kingstonians were much pleased;
At their reception Mayor Gildersleeve did preside,
With the city aldermen on either side.
To give a loyal welcome to those we love so dear,And show our loyalty in old Kingston here,For that we Kingstonians all are sworn,To stand together,—aye, for Lorne!
To give a loyal welcome to those we love so dear,
And show our loyalty in old Kingston here,
For that we Kingstonians all are sworn,
To stand together,—aye, for Lorne!
T. Faughnan.
So now here at the old limestone City of Kingston, I must give my gentle reader the parting hand of fellowship. We have had a long, and I hope interesting journey, from my enlistment to my discharge. I trust not an unprofitable one. We have travelled over the ground of battle-scenes, of blood, carnage and slaughter; stood on the hoary ruins of palaces and temples; we have seen Egypt, and that great and terrible desert.
Our time together has passed pleasantly; we part, I trust, mutual friends, and so ends the story of an old soldier, who only asks your pardon for the many defects and weakness in his simple narrative, and who also hopes it may amuse the young and old, and show them that a steady, sober and well-conducted man will ever get on well and be happy in the service of Her Most Gracious Majesty: whom that God may long preserve, is the prayer of her humble and dutiful pensioner.
THOMAS FAUGHNAN.
Kingston Ont., July 1, 1879.