It's been a long, long, long, long story 'bout the fight to make men free, It's been a long, long, long, long story About as long as a story ought to be So hold your hats boys, hold the fort I'm here to make a long story short So it's time to sail in to the port Time to make a long story short. It's been........... About the fight to make the union grow
It's been............ Story that's been told too slow. *chorus* It's been............ About the fight to ban the bomb It's been.............. Should have been a long time gone. *chorus* It's been.......... About the fight to keep the hungry lands It's been............ About as long as a hungry world can stand. *chorus*