HARD TIMES Stephen Foster I IV I Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears, V I While we all sup sorrow with the poor; IV I There's a song that will linger forever in our ears; V I Oh Hard times come again no more. I IV I Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, V Hard Times, hard times, come again no more I IV I Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; V I 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 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. '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