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[Update] New version with vocal harmonies by Roxylee:
Hard Times (Roxylee mix)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" - composed by Stephen C. Foster in 1854... a song that continues to strike a chord in listener's hearts as the years pass by. I've been wanting to record this for some time...
Vocal, guitars, harmonica: Jack Miller
Artwork: 'Hard Times' by Hubert von Herkomer 1885
Hard Times (Roxylee mix)
"Hard Times Come Again No More" - composed by Stephen C. Foster in 1854... a song that continues to strike a chord in listener's hearts as the years pass by. I've been wanting to record this for some time...
Vocal, guitars, harmonica: Jack Miller
Artwork: 'Hard Times' by Hubert von Herkomer 1885
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Lyrics
HARD TIMES COME AGAIN NO MORE
C G C
1. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
F C G C
while we all sup sorrow with the poor.
C G C
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus:
C F C
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
F C Am G
hard times, hard times, come again no more.
C G C
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
oh, hard times, come again no more.
C G C
2. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
F C G C
there are frail forms fainting at the door.
C G C
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus
C G C
3. There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
F C G C
with a worn heart whose better days are o'er.
C G C
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus
C G C
4. 'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
F C G C
'tis a wail that is heard upon the shore.
C G C
'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus
(Stephen C. Foster)
C G C
1. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
F C G C
while we all sup sorrow with the poor.
C G C
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus:
C F C
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
F C Am G
hard times, hard times, come again no more.
C G C
Many days you have lingered around my cabin door,
F C G C - F - C - G - C
oh, hard times, come again no more.
C G C
2. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
F C G C
there are frail forms fainting at the door.
C G C
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus
C G C
3. There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away,
F C G C
with a worn heart whose better days are o'er.
C G C
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus
C G C
4. 'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
F C G C
'tis a wail that is heard upon the shore.
C G C
'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave,
F C G C
oh, hard times come again no more.
Chorus
(Stephen C. Foster)
I love Stephen Foster and I like your rendition of this song. Way to go, Jack. This is a song for our time, too.