Won't We Be a Happy People (When This War Is Over)

Words by A. W. Livingston
Music by Philip Phillips

We'll gladly hail the happy day
When war and strife shall cease;
When North and South shall rest beneath
The olive branch of peace;
When Union soldiers, brave and true,
Whose lives are periled now,
Shall from the battlefield return,
And laurels wreath each brow.

Chorus:
With Union for our motto,
And treason 'neath our feet,
Our soldiers true returning,
At home we'll gladly meet.
Happy time, happy time, ha, ha, ha;
Happy time, happy time, ha, ha, ha;
Happy time, happy time, ha, ha, ha;
Won't we be a happy people? ha, ha, ha.

With cheerful songs and banners gay,
Our happiness complete,
We'll hail the bright, auspicious day,
When we at home shall meet;
Columbia's banner waving high
Her stars and stripes above,
We'll sing a patriotic song
With those we dearly love.

Chorus

God spped the day when war shall end,
And Treason meet her fate,
When Freedom's flag again shall wave
In every sister State;
Adieu, adieu to lonely care,
Farewell to War's alarms,
Our husbands, sons, and brothers dear
We welcome to our arms.