Hard, Ain't It Hard - Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard

To love one who never did love you

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard great god

To love one that never would be true

It was late last night when my true love came home

He was a-knockin' on my door

I got up in a fit of jealousy and I said

True love, don’t come here anymore

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard

To love one who never did love you

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard great god

To love one that never would be true

The first time I seen my true love

He was a-knockin' at my door

The last time I seen his hard-hearted smile

He was lyin' dead on the floor

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard

To love one who never did love you

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard great god

To love one that never would be true

Don’t go to drinkin' and gamblin'

Don’t go there your sorrows to drown

This hard liquor place is a low-down disgrace

It’s the meanest bad place in this town

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard

To love one who never did love you

Hard, ain’t it hard, ain’t it hard great god

To love one that never would be true