Hard Times Come Again No More

This song was written in 1855 by Stephen Foster. It discusses the hardships and troubles as well as the tension in America leading up to the Civil War. Stephen Foster offers a historical perspective on the situation during which the song is placed. After all, he lived in the time and is as likely to have experienced or at least seen someone in the situations described in the song. The song does not really use metaphors and is pretty straight forward with what it says. It describes the hardship of the times, and says that they want the hard times to pass them by. I did not really like this song as much as Brave Wolfe or any of the others, nut it was okay. It was more soul music, which is great, but is not a favorite of mine. The song allows us to learn that not everything in American history was smooth. It shows that there were bumps along the road to the nation we have today. It also shows that there was tension and hardship prior to the Civil War in 1861.