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An old Stephen Foster song (Pub. Domain)
Always waiting, hopeful sorrow.
Featuring my spouse, Doadars Aunt!!!!
I could have picked a song to do her justice, next time!
Lyrics:
HARD TIMES
Stephen Foster
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.
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.
Chorus
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
Hardware:
Fender Acoustic, mic
Software:
GB1
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Thanks for giving a peace of musical &mdash 10/24/05 - 12:28:02 AM
history. Stephen Foster lives!
Thanks for sharing his folk blusey - word tune.
Nice feeling in the voices for that tune.
Nice setting with the guitar
Thanks for sharing [ Reply to This ]
Thanks for giving a peace of musical &mdash 10/24/05 - 03:44:12 PM
Foster had some great stuff. Much of it timeless.
Thanks for the comments!
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Good production, &mdash 10/24/05 - 12:40:15 PM
Good production, &mdash 10/24/05 - 03:45:52 PM
I appreciate your listening!
Thanks
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really nice version of a classic! &mdash 10/24/05 - 01:11:05 PM
I especially like Doadars Aunt's harmonies: sounding more than a little like Emmylou Harris. There was a really good tribute album that came out a little while back of the songs of Stephen Foster and Mavis Staples did this song on it. One of my favorite versions is by Akiko Yano. But I like the delicateness of your version right here; it does this excellent song justice. [ Reply to This ]
really nice version of a classic! &mdash 10/24/05 - 03:51:34 PM
Thank you for your praise.
I'll pass it on to my Sweetie! She has always looked up to Emmylou Harris.
I challenge her to match my ragged phrasing. It is difficult. Especially when
we can only record one track at a time and she can't watch me for cues.
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We have a cat and a fish. Our fish behaves very well... [ Reply to This ]
really nice version of a classic! &mdash 10/24/05 - 08:13:35 PM
That compilation is called "Beautiful Dreamer-the songs of Stephen Foster" in
case you were wondering. There's some interesting and somewhat less-well-
known Foster tunes on there and great collection of diverse artists.
Downloading and listening to this more closely there's a little crackling sound
in the recording that sounds like a bad cable or something. It's not so much a
negative, because I think this song's subject matter isn't at odds with a
somewhat lo-fi treatment, but it just struck me as something that bears
mentioning. Still it's a little distracting detail that may detract from your
recordings that maybe could be sorted out if it is inadvertant.
I still really like this a lot! [ Reply to This ]
Nicely done &mdash 12/07/05 - 09:25:28 AM
I really enjoyed listening. Great voice work.
The "crackling" effect mentioned above, although not be appropriate for
most songs, adds to this one.
Another great piece of music. Keep it up. [ Reply to This ]
Nicely done &mdash 12/12/05 - 10:01:30 AM
nyakki!!
Thanks for the comment. This is a good song to have ragged. I had some
production issues that I have since cleaned up. But in the future, if I were to
readdress this song, I might keep it a bit marred.
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Hey All! &mdash 08/08/07 - 01:15:02 PM
By the Way &mdash 08/08/07 - 02:03:51 PM
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Thanks for sharing his folk blusey - word tune.
Nice feeling in the voices for that tune.
Nice setting with the guitar
Thanks for sharing
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