Hard Times Come Again No More

Great Song-Great Singer-A female Bob Dylan-And that's high praise.

Great Singer-Great Song-t's sad but true

wonderful song, wonderful message...


TERRIBLE SINGER

Sweet,touching song and good production work on the vid!

Emmylou Harris also makes a superb version of this touching song with The Nash Ramblers in the album Live at the Ryman.Just amazing.

To think this song was popular during the US Civil War.How true in today's life.Makes one think.

I have loved this song for years, and Nanci Griffith's is one more beautiful interpretation...It's absolutely true to the spirit of the song. Thanks so much for posting.
Two other great versions: Kate and Anna McGarrigle, and Mavis Staples.

This is the perfect version by which to learn how to play and sing this song. Artists interpretations will always vary but when you sing and record a song you put yourself into it. This is the Nancy Griffith interpretation of a classic, it's a beautiful rendition with heartfelt singing. I really don't care how she pronounced lingered. If it bothers you then don't listen to it.

I love this song. I love Nanci Griffith and almost everything about this version of Hard Times. But I can't get past her exaggerated and mispronounced delivery of the word "lingered". It ruins it for me. Too bad.

I just noticed the earlier comments suggesting this version of Hard Times is 'jarring and anachronistic '. I'm not so sure. Syncopation has been used at least since the Middle Ages. Foster's other songs use broken and unconventional rhythms. Why wouldn't this one? The instumentation is hightly appropriate to the period. This could well be the way Foster wanted this song to be performed.
Except he probably didn't intend for "lingered" to be pronounced "LING-GAWD".