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Composed by Stephen Foster. Arranged by Thomas Degan. 19th Century,A Cappella,Early Music,Folk,Patriotic. 2 pages. Thomas Degan #1024522. Published by Thomas Degan (A0.1444628).
Hard Times Come Again No More (sometimes, Hard Times) is an American parlor song written by Stephen Foster. It was published in New York City by Firth, Pond & Co. in 1854 as Foster's Melodies No. 28. Well-known and popular in its day,[1] both in the United States and Europe,[2][3] the song asks the fortunate to consider the plight of the less fortunate and includes one of Foster's favorite images: a pale drooping maiden.
Released seven years before the American Civil War, it gained great popularity during that conflict as an expression of suffering and hardship, to the point that a satirical version about soldiers' food became widely circulated as well, Hard Tack Come Again No More.
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