艱難時刻不再來臨
美国歌曲
艱難時刻不再來臨（Hard Times Come Again No More）是斯蒂芬·福斯特創作的一首美國輕音樂歌曲。它於1854 年由Firth, Pond & Company在紐約出版，[1][2][3]這首歌意在引導人們要關注不幸者的困境。
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- ^ R. J. "The Fields of June". Southern Literary Messenger, vol. XXI, no. 8 (August 1855) Richmond, Virginia, p. 503: "Among these may be mentioned that sad plaintive beautiful melody of Foster's—'Hard times come again no more.' Have you heard it? What an echo of sadness in it! 'Tis the song the sigh of the weary— / Hard time! hard times! / Many days you have lingered / Around my cabin door, / But hard times come again no more!"
- ^ Sandford, Henry, Mrs. The Girls' Reading-Book. London: W. & R. Chambers (1876), p. 201: "It was in a sewing-school in Lancashire, during the latter part of the 蘭開夏棉荒, that the well-known song 'Hard times, hard time, come again no more!' first became familiar to my ears."
- ^ Hubbard, W. L. (ed.). History of American Music. New York: Irving Squire (1908), p. 80: "Other songs beside those designated as plantation melodies, but all more or less impregnated with sentiment, now came rapidly from his pen and obtained a wide popularity not only in America but in Europe as well. Such songs as ...'Hard Times Come Again No More', ... have become familiar to many nationalities."