PETER, PAUL AND MARY lyrics - Wasn't That A Time

(Hays/Seeger/Gilbert/Brooks)



[Last verse added by Virginia Coigney]



Our fathers bled at Valley Forge, the snow was red with blood

Their faith was worn at Valley Forge,

Their faith was brotherhood.



Wasn't that a time, wasn't that a time?

A time to try the soul of men,

Wasn't that a terrible time?



Brave men who fought at Gettysburg now lie in soldier's graves

But there they stemmed the rebel tide

And there their faith was saved



Wasn't that a time, wasn't that a time?

A time to try the soul of men,

wasn't that a terrible time?



The wars are long, the peace is frail, the madmen come again.

There is no freedom in a land where fear and hate prevail.



Isn't this a time, isn't this a time?

A time to try the soul of men,

Isn't this a terrible time?



Our fathers bled at Valley Forge, the snow was red with blood

Their faith was worn at Valley Forge,

Their faith was brotherhood.



Wasn't that a time, wasn't that a time?

A time to try the soul of men,

Wasn't that a terrible time?