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Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus: '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. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, There are frail forms fainting at the door;
"Hard Times" is a song by American rock band Paramore from their fifth studio album, After Laughter. [1] It was released on April 19, 2017, through Fueled by Ramen as the album's lead single. The song was written by lead vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York and was recorded in the band's hometown, Nashville, Tennessee. [2]
Fastball frontman Tony Scalzo came up with the idea for the song after reading articles that described the June 1997 disappearance of an elderly married couple, Lela and Raymond Howard from Salado, Texas, [5] who left home to attend the Pioneer Day festival at nearby Temple, Texas, despite Lela's Alzheimer's disease and Raymond recently recovering from brain surgery.
The song tells of hard times during the Great Depression. It is considered an early example of a protest song. In 2020, the song was added to the Grammy Hall of Fame. [1] There was once a time when everything was cheap. But now prices almost puts a man to sleep. When we pay our grocery bill, We just feel like making our will.
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" is a song written by Peter Callander and Geoff Stephens and performed by Wayne Newton. It appeared on Newton's 1972 album, Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast. [1] "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" reached #3 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart and #4 on the Hot 100. [2]
The book consists of McCartney's discussions with Muldoon of the lyrics of 154 of his songs written during his time as a member of the rock bands the Beatles and Wings and as a solo artist. [2] [3] The songs are arranged alphabetically over two volumes. The book also includes many previously unseen photographs, paintings and handwritten texts. [2]
And it's hard hard times. Go out in the mornin', go on if it's still, It's over the side you'll hear the line knell; For out goes the jigger and freezes the cold, And as for the startings all gone in the hole. And it's hard hard times. The fine side of fishing we'll have by and by, The fine side of fishing we'll have a good buy;
First called "Hard Crackers, Come Again No More!", it is a sarcastic complaint about the quality of some of the provisions provided by military contractors, specifically hardtack. [2] The authors of the many verses of the parody are unknown, although the first version is often attributed to Josiah Fowler of the First Iowa Infantry dating to ...