Hard Times (Come Again No More)

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count her many tears
While we all share in the sorrow with the poor
It's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times, come again no more

It's the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered too long around my door
Oh, hard times, come again no more

Though we seek love and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading faces say
Oh, hard times, come again no more

It's the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered too long around my door
Oh, hard times, come again no more

There's a pale young maiden who toils her life away
With a worn heart whose better days are over
Though her voice would be singing, it's sighing all the day
Oh, hard times, come again no more

It's the song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered too long around my door
Oh, hard times, come again no more

Oh, hard times, come again no more