["Hard Times Come Again No More" by Stephen Foster]
[gentle piano music]
? 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 ?
? '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 ?
[gentle piano music]
? 'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave ?
? 'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore ?
? 'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly 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 ?
[gentle piano music]