Let us pause in life's pleasure, and count its many tears
While we all share sorrow with the poor
There's a song that will linger, forever in our ears
Oh Hard Times, come again no more

'Tis the sound, the sigh of the weary...
Hard Times, Hard Times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered, around my cabin door
Oh Hard Times, come again no more

There's a pale, drooping maiden, who toils her life away
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er
Though her voice would be merry, she's sighing all the day...
Oh Hard Times, come again no more

Oh Hard Times, come again no more




Stephen Foster
Arranged by J. Glaser © 2003, Inmy Music (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission..