William Reedy: Music

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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

While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Though their voices be silent, their pleading looks will say
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

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, it is sighing all the day
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

'Tis a wail that is wafted across the troubled wave
'Tis a sigh 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
Oh, Hard Times Come Again No More