Union Songs
Hard Times Come Again No More
A song by Stephen Foster, 1855
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
There's a pale drooping maiden who toils herlife away
With a worn heart whose better days are o'er
Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighingall the day
Oh hard times come again no more
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
Notes
This song written by the great American songwriter and activist Stephen Foster seems to have taken on a new life. Find out more about Foster at Bob January's Stephen Foster Site
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union songs..........a selection by mark gregory