# Hard Times a-capella

## Classification

- Queue shelf: dark
- Current website category: public-domain
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: traditional-variant-awaiting-review
- Confidence: working-variant-review

## Writer / Source

Stephen Foster

## Earliest Located Evidence

1854 publication

## Context

No website source text yet; package uses placeholder until Scrips working words are supplied.

## Rights Assessment

Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed. These working notes do not establish clearance of the exact lyric, tune variant, or arrangement. Historical references below are research leads unless a specific comparison is documented.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200001107/
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: No text source yet
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire
- Existing site notes: listed in master list

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: not documented
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: Hard Times Come Again No More
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- The text file was only a placeholder. Supply the approved a cappella text, starting pitch and harmony/arrangement notes. Chords may be N/A if the intended performance is entirely unaccompanied.
- Identify the exact text/tune variant and arrangement used by the band before treating this working sheet as publication-cleared.

## Website review — 2026-08-30

Lyrics missing; accompaniment applicability needs confirmation. The text and chord export were inspected for usable content; file existence is not a completed-song-sheet check. Final performance accuracy remains for the band to approve.