Hard Times Come Again No More

One of my favorite Stephen Foster songs (and if you haven’t heard the Red Clay Ramblers’ version on their album "Hard Times," drop everything right now and go hunt it down and check it out). This performance is dedicated to the hope that someday humankind will evolve enough that the lyrics will no longer still be relevant:
"Though we seek mirth and beauty and music bright 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."