Better Times Are Coming (with Rufus Wainwright)

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 borne on the air
 And our land will be freed from its clouds of despair
 For brave men and true men to battle have gone
 And good times, 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
 Abram Lincoln has the army and the navy in his hands
 While Seward keeps our honor bright abroad in foreign lands
 And Stanton is a man, who is sturdy as a rock
 With brave men to back him up and stand the battle's shock
 Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
 Sound the news from the din of battle booming
 Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
 Now McClellan is a leader and we'll let him take away
 For a man in his position, he should surely have his way
 Our nation's honor'd Scott, he has trusted to his might
 Your faith in McClellan put for we are sure he's right
 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 the battle will soon have died away
 And the darkness now upon us will be turn'd to 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
 Generals Sigel and Halleck, they have conquered in the West
 And Burnside, victorious, he rides the ocean's breast
 The traitors and the rebels will soon meet their doom
 Then peace and prosperity will dwell in every home
 Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
 Sound the news from the din of battle booming
 Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
 Captain Foote is commander of the Mississippi fleet
 For his flag he strikes and makes the traitors beat a quick retreat
 With iron-clad gun-boats he makes the rebels run
 While Grant makes our colors wave and glitter in the sun
 Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
 Sound the news from the din of battle booming
 Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
 General Fremont the path-finder never lags behind
 He is gone to the mountains, new pathways to find
 His voice is for freedom and his sword is for the right
 Then hail, noble Fremont, the nation's delight
 Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
 Sound the news from the din of battle booming
 Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
 From the land of the Shamrock there's stuff that never yields
 For we've brave Colonel Corcoran and gallant General Shields
 From Meagher soon we'll hear for we know that he is true
 And stands for the honor of the Red, White and Blue
 Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah
 Sound the news from the din of battle booming
 Tell the people far and wide that better times are coming
 Here's health to Captain Ericsson, the Monitor and crew
 Who showed the southern chivalry a thing they never knew
 The Merrimac had slayed as St. Patrick did the toads
 Till Worden with the Monitor came into Hampton roads