Lyrics
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
Reflecting on life's challenges and sorrows
While we all sup sorrow with the poor
Sharing the burden of sorrow with the less fortunate
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Emphasizing the enduring impact of a particular song
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Expressing a hope for relief from difficult times
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Describing the song as a representation of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Reiterating the plea for difficult times to cease
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Referencing the prolonged presence of hard times
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Continuing the plea for an end to challenging circumstances
While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay
Contrasting the pursuit of joy with the suffering at the doorstep
There are frail forms fainting at the door
Highlighting the juxtaposition of happiness and silent suffering
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
Emphasizing the unspoken pain through pleading expressions
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Repeating the desire for an end to hard times
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Reiterating the song as a representation of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Renewing the plea for relief from difficult times
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Acknowledging the prolonged presence of adversity
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Persisting in the hope for an end to hard times
There's pale drooping maiden who toils her life away
Describing a young woman laboring through life's challenges
With a worn out heart, whose better days are o'er
Depicting a woman with a worn-out heart and past better days
Though her voice it would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day
Contrasting her potential happiness with constant sighs
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Reiterating the plea for an end to hard times
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Emphasizing the song as a representation of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Renewing the plea for relief from difficult times
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Highlighting the prolonged endurance of hardship
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Persisting in the hope for an end to hard times
'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary
Reiterating the song as a representation of the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Renewing the plea for relief from difficult times
Many days you have lingered all around my cabin door
Acknowledging the prolonged presence of adversity
Oh, hard times, come again no more
Persisting in the hope for an end to hard times
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