Hard Times Come Again No More

E175163
folk standard parlor song song

"Hard Times Come Again No More" is a 19th-century American parlor song by Stephen Foster that has become a widely recorded folk standard lamenting hardship and pleading for better times.

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Hard Times Come Again No More canonical 2
Hard times, come again no more 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk standard ⓘ
parlor song ⓘ
song ⓘ
century 19th century ⓘ
composer Stephen Foster ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
decade 1850s ⓘ
genre American folk music ⓘ
folk ⓘ
parlor song ⓘ
hasCulturalRole expression of empathy for the poor ⓘ
symbol of resilience in hard times ⓘ
hasInfluenced later American folk and popular songs about hardship ⓘ
hasNotableRecordingBy André Rieu ⓘ
Bob Dylan ⓘ
Bruce Springsteen ⓘ
Dolly Parton ⓘ
Emmylou Harris ⓘ
James Taylor ⓘ
Jennifer Warnes ⓘ
Johnny Cash ⓘ
Kate & Anna McGarrigle ⓘ
Mary Black ⓘ
Mavis Staples ⓘ
Nanci Griffith ⓘ
Stephen Foster and Friends (various artists) ⓘ
The Chieftains ⓘ
Thomas Hampson ⓘ
Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ
hasOpeningLine Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears ⓘ
isAssociatedWith American Civil War era repertoire ⓘ
American folk revival ⓘ
isFrequentlyPerformedAt concerts focusing on Stephen Foster ⓘ
folk music festivals ⓘ
isStandard folk standard ⓘ
isWidelyRecorded true ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricForm lament ⓘ
lyricist Stephen Foster ⓘ
originalMedium parlor song ⓘ
publicationYear 1854 ⓘ
refrain Hard Times Come Again No More self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hard times, come again no more
subjectMatter social inequality ⓘ
suffering of the poor ⓘ
theme compassion ⓘ
hardship ⓘ
hope for better times ⓘ
poverty ⓘ

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"Appalachian Journey" album → hasTrack → Hard Times Come Again No More ⓘ
subject surface form: Appalachian Journey
Stephen Foster → notableWork → Hard Times Come Again No More ⓘ
Hard Times Come Again No More → refrain → Hard Times Come Again No More self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hard times, come again no more