Hard Times Come Again No More

Let us pause in life's pleasures
And count the 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.


Though we seek myrth and beauty
And music bright and gay
They are frail forms waiting by our door.
Though their voices are silent,
Their pleading seems to say,
Oh Hard times come again no more.


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.

It's a sigh that is wafted across the lonely plains
It's a wail that is heard upon the shore.
It's a dirge that is murmured across the lonely grave.
Oh Hard times come again no more.


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.