Stephen Foster - Hard Times (Come Again No More)

First performance: 23/03/2009

Coverinfo

Bruce covered the song 54 times:
 
all during the Working On A Dream Tour
 
 
2009-11-20 1st Mariner Arena, Baltimore, MD
2009-11-13 Palace Of Auburn Hills (The), Auburn Hills, MI
2009-11-03 Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
2009-11-02 Verizon Center, Washington, DC
2009-09-30 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ
2009-09-21 Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA
2009-09-20 United Center, Chicago, IL
2009-09-16 BI-LO Center, Greenville, SC
2009-09-13 BankAtlantic Center, Sunrise, FL
2009-09-12 Ford Amphitheatre, Tampa, FL
2009-08-22 Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
2009-08-19 Comcast Theatre, Hartford, CT
2009-07-14 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
2009-07-11 RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
2009-07-08 MCH Arena, Herning, Denmark
2009-07-03 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
2009-07-02 Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
2009-06-30 Stade De Suisse, Bern, Switzerland
 
 
2009-06-27 Worthy Farm, Pilton, England (Evening)
2009-06-13 Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN
2009-06-09 Koengen, Bergen, Norway
2009-06-05 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
2009-06-04 Stockholms Stadion, Stockholm, Sweden
2009-06-02 Ratinan Stadion, Tampere, Finland
2009-05-23 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
2009-05-21 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ
2009-05-19 Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
2009-05-18 Verizon Center, Washington, DC
2009-05-15 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
2009-05-14 Times Union Center, Albany, NY
2009-05-12 United Center, Chicago, IL
2009-05-11 Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, MN
2009-05-08 Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, PA
2009-05-07 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON
2009-05-05 John Paul Jones Arena, Charlottesville, VA
2009-05-04 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
2009-05-02 Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NC
2009-04-29 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
2009-04-28 Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA
2009-04-26 Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA
2009-04-24 XL Center, Hartford, CT
2009-04-22 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
2009-04-21 TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MA
2009-04-16 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA
2009-04-15 Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, CA
2009-04-10 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
2009-04-08 Toyota Center, Houston, TX
2009-04-07 BOK Center, Tulsa, OK
2009-04-05 Frank Erwin Center, Austin, TX
2009-04-03 Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, AZ
2009-04-01 HP Pavilion At San Jose, San Jose, CA
2009-03-24 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ
2009-03-23 Convention Hall, Asbury Park, NJ 

Songinfo

"Hard Times Come Again No More" (sometimes, "Hard Times") is an American parlor song written by Stephen Foster. It was published in New York by Firth, Pond & Co. in 1854 as Foster's Melodies No. 28. Well-known and popular in its day, both in America and Europe, the song asks the fortunate to consider the plight of the less fortunate and ends with one of Foster's favorite images: "a pale drooping maiden".The first audio recording was a wax cylinder by the Edison Manufacturing Company (Edison Gold Moulded 9120) in 1905. It has been recorded and performed numerous times since. The song is Roud Folk Song Index #2659. A satirical version about soldier's food was popular in the American Civil War, "Hard Tack Come Again No More".
 
 
 

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Lyrics

Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
While brace against the hard wind at our door
There's a song that will linger forever in our ears
Woah, hard times come again no more

It's the song of the tired and the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around door
Woah, hard times come again no more

While we seek mirth and beauty, and music light and gay
There are frail forms waiting at the door
Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks say
"Oh, hard times come again no more"

It's the song of the tired and the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around door
Woah, hard times come again no more
Soozie!

It's the song of the tired and the weary
Hard times, hard times, come again no more
Many days you have lingered around door
Ho, hard times come again no more
Oh, hard times come again no more
Oh, hard times come again no more
Oh, hard times come again no more