Let Us Pause
Linger forever in our ears
Oh, hard times come again no more
Tis a 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

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
Hard times come again no more
Tis a 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
Tis sighing all the day
Oh, hard times come again no more
Tis a song, the sigh of the weary
Oh, hard times come again no more
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 song, the sigh of the weary
Hard times, hard times come again no more
Tis a sigh that is wafted across a troubled wave
Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
Tis a dirge that is murmured around a lowly grave
Oh, hard times come again no more
Tis a 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