Hard Times

Every December our church hosts a Children’s Memorial Service for families who have lost a child through illness or accident. At this year’s service, our trio is singing an adaptation of Stephen Foster’s beautiful old song (1854) HARD TIMES. I have written a Christ-centered third verse to add to several of Foster’s original verses.

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1. 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.

2. ’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.   (CHORUS)

3. I will look to the Savior when sorrows never end

For He comes to knock on my heart’s door

When my life has been broken, He comes to be my Friend

Oh, hard times, come again no more.  (CHORUS)

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Here is Mavis Staples' version of the original song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixbah9u234

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