Maybe it's the fact that I'm Canadian that makes me say that the Kate & Anna McGarrigle version of this song (also available on You Tube)performed with Kate's son, Rufus Wainwright, is absolutely stunning IMHO. I've also performed Hard Time Come Again No More a couple of times. It's one of those songs you perform once in awhile so people will hopefully experience its full power each time they hear it. The song/hymn Farther Along has, for me, a similar power behind it.

Charlotte R