Hard Times-William Elliott Whitmore

[00:14.57]My grandma's grandpa came over across the sea [00:23.91]In the boiler room of a steam ship on his way from Germany [00:33.73]He was running from the Kaiser [00:38.73]Who was putting the hammer down [00:43.55]And the cries of the dying men were such an awful sound [00:52.41]Oh they were such an awful sound [00:57.74]Oh hard times hard times [01:02.57]Hard times made us [01:08.27]My father was a railroad man a mechanic and a son of the soil [01:18.12]His back was busted and his hands were cut and sore [01:26.31]Oh his hands were cut and sore [01:31.43]But he swore that [01:32.97]Hard times hard times [01:36.70]Hard times made us [01:41.48]You know that [01:42.79]Hard times hard times [01:46.54]Hard times made us [01:51.59]Oh and I would not trade them all for anything [02:02.34]Uncle Sam well he ain't no kin to me [02:12.06]And what we have is a crisis of authority [02:20.46]Oh it's a crisis of authority [02:25.80]Oh hard times hard times [02:30.84]Hard times made us [02:35.38]You know that [02:36.62]Hard times hard times [02:40.46]Hard times made us [02:45.45]Oh and I would not trade them all for anything [02:53.29]