There's a Good Time Coming

There's a good time coming, boys,
   A good time coming:
There's a good time coming, boys,
   Wait a little longer.

We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten in the ray
   Of the good time coming.

Cannon-balls may aid the truth,
   But thought's a weapon stronger;
We'll win our battle by its aid:
   Wait a little longer.

There's a good time coming, boys,
   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 acknowledged stronger.
The proper impulse has been given:
   Wait a little longer.

There's a good time coming, boys,
   A good time coming:
Hateful rivalries of creed
Shall not make their martyrs 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.

There's a good time coming, boys,
   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.

Charles Mackay