"There's a Good Time Coming" by Foster(1846) has the same lyric with Good instead of Hard. It's possible that someone could have taken the lyrics (not by Foster by the way) and changed them, keeping only the first line. I know it's a stretch but...
THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING
(music by Foster Words by Charles Mackay)
To Miss Mary D. Keller, of Pittsburg, PA.
Lines from the London Daily News.
1.
There'a a good time coming, boy's,
A good time coming;
We may not live to see the day,
But earth shall glisten to the ray.
Of the good time coming,
Cannon balls may aid the truthm
But thought's a weapon stronger;
We'll win our battle by its aid;--
Wait a little longer.
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.
3.
There's a good time coming, boys,
A good time coming,
A good time coming;
War in all mens 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, boy's,
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 longer;
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 mans 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;
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 minds grow stronger;
And ev'ry 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,
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.
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