I don't know where you'd find it, and I don't know enough of the lyrics to be helpful. But Oscar Brand recorded a song called Hard Times, and it wasn't Foster's. Stephen Foster was a hometown boy after all.
At one of the last Smokey City folk festivals, we were rained out, and took refuge under a bridge. The musicians started playing Hard Times Come Again No More, and we all sang along. Five people sound like the Mormon Tabernacle choir under that bridge. It was a wonderful performance. I'm sorry you missed it.