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Song Information:

To help me celebrate the start of my Retirement from my job of 34 years (now you know just how old a goat I am :D ) I decided to do this great old song by Stephen Foster which I just do and has nothing at all to do with this event.
I do this song in a most unusual way. That is to say I changed the melody of the verses. I just stumbled upon this chord structure and liked the way it sounded. I hope S.F. doesn't mind and I hope you all like it too.

Song Lyrics:

let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears
while we all sup sorrow with the poor
there's a song that will linger forever in our ears
oh, hard times come again no more

while we seek mirth and beauty
and music light and gay
there are frail ones fainting at the door
though their voices are silent
their pleading looks will say
oh, hard times come again no more

'tis the 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 it would be merry
'tis sighing all the day
Oh, hard times, come again no more

'tis the 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