The Rufus Wainwright Archive






 Better Times Are Coming

Hurrah!, hurrah!, hurrah!
Sound the news from the din of battle booming
Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming

There are voices of hope that are born on the air
And our land will be free from its clouds of despair
For brave men, and true men to battle have gone
And good time, good times, are now coming on

Hurrah!, hurrah!, hurrah!
Sound the news from the din of battle booming
Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming

General Lyon and Baker and Ellsworth now are gone
But still we have some brave men to lead the soldiers on
The noise of battle will soon have died away
And the darkness now upon us will lead to a happy day

Hurrah!, hurrah!, hurrah!
Sound the news from the din of battle booming
Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
Better times are coming!

 NOTES & QUOTES

  • Rufus provides backing vocals for this track, a traditional Civil War song


 APPEARS ON

Songs of the Civil WarSongs of the Civil War (VHS)