We came overland from Albany, Yankee rebels on our heels,
We stole a boat in Sackett's Harbour and we headed for Presqu'il.
Settled hard by Kingston, safe from revolution's flames,
And it's loyal she began boys, loyal she remains.
Loyal she began boys, loyal she remains,
Content to live our lives in peace beneath a monarch's reins.
Let the rebels rot with all of their ill-gotten gains,
But it's loyal she began boys, loyal she remains.
We saw the writing on the wall right after Valley Forge,
When the rebels stood for Washington, we held for old King George.
Kin folk turned on kin, blood like water in the veins,
But it's loyal she began boys, loyal she remains.
We lost our farms, we lost our friends, but we never lost our pride,
No amount of traitor gold could lure us to a traitor's side.
A people's honour blemished once will never lose the stain,
So it's loyal she began boys, loyal she remains.