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*