(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
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(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
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(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
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(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
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(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