I swear I'd pay money to hear Thomas Hampson sing the telephone directory. I can offer no higher praise for absolutely everything he sings in his lucious voice is delivered with warmth, sincerity, subtle tone colouring and deep feeling for the text.

Hampson perfectly captures the lyrics to this Foster classic.🎶

A BEAUTIFUL RENDITION OF A BEAUTIFUL SAD SONG BY A FANTASTIC GOD GIFTED SINGER AND COMPOSED BY THE LATE GREAT GOD GIFTED STEPHEN FOSTER R I P AMEN ❤

Beautiful - and a very meaningful song in the context of this pandemic. "Hard times, come again no more," indeed.

So pleasant,touching. A master capturing the spirit of the song.

Thomas Hampson can alive every song, no meter what, opera or traditional!....he is amazing!

Thomas Hampson is THE master of this song. Always brings a tear to my eyes.

I love his interpretations of Stephen Foster's songs.

How can a human not like this

I am amazed! 54 likes, 0 dislikes. Usually there is someone who wants to dislike just to be rude. I love this song so much. I am happy I could hear a perfect version, I have heard many a version of this song, this is the best. Once again, Thank You so much! +1 Like

Beautiful

This was sung many times in the days, weeks, and months after 9/11. I love this beautiful rendition.

Thank you. This song came to mind today and I came to KZfaq to hunt it down. I believe I have listened to over two dozen versions here, and they have ranged from bad to horrible. In virtually every case, the singer thinks him or herself more important than the music. That has included people who should know better like Nanci Griffith and James Taylor and the McGarrigle Sisters. This is the first version I have heard sung clear and clean and sad and sweet. It is beautiful. Many Thanks.

노래 아름다워요. 최고! 어디선가 빨간머리 앤이 나와서 같이 부를것같아요 ㅎ

What a beautiful man. 😌

This is a very popular piece of music,covered many different Artists..And most bring different interpretations,but that's all good..And this version is also beautiful..

Well done

@maximustubulus It is used in a scene from Terence Davies film NEON BIBLE." Once you see the scene, you will never forget the song..... ever. BRIAN

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LYRICS: 1. Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears, While we all sup sorrow with the poor; There's a song that will linger forever in our ears; Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus: 'Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard Times, hard times, come again no more. Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh! Hard times come again no more. 2. While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay, There are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus 3. There's a pale drooping maiden who toils her life away, With a worn heart whose better days are o'er: Though her voice would be merry, 'tis sighing all the day, Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus 4. 'Tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave, 'Tis a wail that is heard upon the shore 'Tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave Oh! Hard times come again no more. Chorus

This is such a great dirge and I have heard it beautifully done by many of our most talented artists. IMHO the best I've ever heard is by Mare Winningham from the movie "Georgia" (1995) I'd never really thought of as a singer but, her version of this is exquisite.

Personnellement, je ne connais pas de meilleure interprétation.

Je me suis inspiré de cet air irlandais dans la composition d'un chant du recueil "Avec des cris de joie". Devinez lequel? ;-)

He made me sleep in this piece

Max, you are so very right. But I think you should rethink your point that the named singers "should know better" than to "think [themselves] more important than the music. And check out the Springsteen version for a "singer" who is presenting HIMSELF, rather than music, to his audience.

Thomas Hampson is not a tenor. He's a lyric baritone, a very lyric baritone.

Think the old lady actually came a couple of times.

WHo are the singers/

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question: where does thomas hampson get off singing this son? answer: same place stephen foster got off writing it. beautiful, but not a bit genuine from conception onward.

Really, the McGarrigle sisters, whiny and nasal? And the boy Hampson is better because he's 'trained'? Plainly he doesn't know baritone from tenor either. He's trained to do what? Have a crap haircut and posture pointlessly?