# Hard Times a-capella

## Classification

- Queue shelf: dark
- Current website category: archive
- Research category: public-domain
- Rights status: public-domain-us
- Confidence: confirmed

## Writer / Source

Stephen Foster

## Earliest Located Evidence

1854 publication

## Context

No website source text yet; package uses placeholder until Scrips working words are supplied.

## Rights Assessment

The package uses the current U.S. public-domain rule of thumb that U.S. works published before 1931 are public domain in 2026, while modern works and later arrangements need separate clearance. For traditional material, the underlying tune/text may be public domain while The Scrips arrangement and any modern variant source remain separate rights questions.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200001107/
- https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: No text source yet
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire
- Existing site notes: listed in master list

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: not documented
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: Hard Times Come Again No More
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- No current website source text was supplied in the queue.
- No cleaned Scrips ChordPro file found; chords need confirmation.