Hard Times Come Again No More

LET US PAUSE IN LIFE'S PLEASURES
AND COUNT ITS MANY TEARS,
WHILE WE ALL SUP SORROW WITH THE POOR;
THERE'S A SONG THAT WILL LINGER
FOREVER IN OUR EARS;
OH HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE.

CHORUS:
TIS THE SONG, 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,
'TIS SIGHING ALL THE DAY,
OH HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE.

CHORUS:

WHILE WE SEEK MIRTH AND BEAUTY
AND MUSIC LIGHT AND GAY,
THERE ARE FRAIL FORMS FAINTING AT THE DOOR;
THOUGH THEIR VOICES ARE SILENT,
THEIR PLEADING LOOKS WILL SAY
OH HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE.