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Traditional repertoire

Hard Times a-capella

Stephen Foster’s plea for relief from hard times, filed here for unaccompanied singing.

Status
Traditional repertoire · working songbook
Writer / source
Stephen Foster
Rights
Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed.
Related Scrips recording
No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence
1854 publication
Aliases / index
Hard Times Come Again No More
Working arrangement
Arrangement details not yet documented.
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Song sheet forthcoming

Working song sheet

The band’s working lyrics and arrangement have not yet been added.

Archive note

The band’s working song sheet has not yet been added.

Chords

Not yet documented.