Hard Times

<br>1. let us pause in lifes pleasures and count its many tears<br><br>While we all sup sorrow with the poor.<br><br>Theres a song that will linger forever in our ears,<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>tis the song, the sigh of the weary.<br><br>Hard times, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.<br><br><br><br>2. while we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay.<br><br>There are frail forms fainting at the door.<br><br>Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say.<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>tis the song, the sigh of the weary.<br><br>Hard times, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.<br><br><br><br>3. theres pale drooping maiden who foils her life away<br><br>With a worn out heart, whose better days are oer.<br><br>Though her voice it would be merry, tis sighing all the day,<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>tis the song, the sigh of the weary.<br><br>Hard times, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.<br><br><br><br>tis the song, the sigh of the weary.<br><br>Hard times, hard times, come again no more.<br><br>Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door.<br><br>Oh, hard times, come again no more.