Stephen C. Foster's Melodies

Songbook with Lyrics & Sheet Music(full piano arrangement) for 150+ pieces.

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	THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING
	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. 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. 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; Every child shall be a help To make his right arm stonger; The happier he, the more .he has; Wait a little longer.	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 limbs and mindsgrow stronger; And every one shall read and write; Wait a little longer. 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. 8  There's a good time coming, boys, A good time coming, A good time coming; Let us aid it all we can, Every woman, ever)' man, The good time coming, Smallest helps, if rightly given, Make the impulse stronger;' 'Twill be strong enough some day;— Wait .a little longer.