Stephen Foster — Theres a Good Time Coming

(Verse 1) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming We may not live to see the day But earth shall glisten in the ray Of the good time coming Cannonballs may aid the truth But thought's a weapon stronger We'll win our battle by its aid Wait a little longer (Verse 2) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming The pen shall supersede the sword And right, not might, shall be the lord In the good time coming Worth, not birth, shall rule mankind And be acknowledg'd stronger The proper impulse has been giv'n Wait a little longer (Verse 3) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming War in all men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity In the good time coming Nations shall not quarrel then To prove which is the stronger Nor slaughter men for glory's sake Wait a little longer (Verse 4) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming Shameful rivalries of creed Shall not make the martyr bleed In the good time coming Religion shall be shorn of pride And flourish all the stronger And charity shall trim her lamp Wait a little longer (Verse 5) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming And a poor man's family Shall not be his misery In the good time coming Ev'ry child shall be a help To make his right arm stronger The happier he, the more he has Wait a little longer (Verse 6) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming Little children shall not toil Under or above the soil In the good time coming But shall play in healthful fields Till imbs and minds grow stronger And ev'ryone shall read and write Wait a little longer (Verse 7) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming The people shall be temperate And shall love instead of hate In the good time coming They shall use and not abuse And make all virtue stronger The reformation has begun Wait a little longer (Verse 8) There's a good time coming, boys A good time coming A good time coming Let us aid it all we can Ev'ry woman, ev'ry man The good time coming Smallest helps, if rightly giv'n Make the impulse stronger 'Twill be strong enough one day Wait a little longer