Listen to the full album: antircrds.io/3X9ifpF "Hard Times" by @mavisstaples from the album 'Sad And Beautiful World', out now Order, stream & download at mavisstaples.ffm.to/sadandbeautifulworld Written by David Todd Rawlings & Gillian Howard Welch Produced by Brad Cook Engineered & mixed by Brad Cook and Paul Voran Mastering by Tim Smiley Lead Vocals - Mavis Staples Background Vocals - Kara Jackson, Katie Crutchfield Slide Guitar - Derek Trucks Bass - Jeff Tweedy Drums - Spencer Tweedy Piano - Phil Cook Organ - Phil Cook Tambourine - Brad Cook Lyrics There was a camp town man, used to plow and sing And he loved that mule and the mule loved him When the day got long as it does about now I'd hear him singing to his mule cow Calling, "Come on my sweet old girl, and I'll bet the whole damn world That we're gonna make it yet to the end of the row" Singing "Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind Hard times ain't gonna rule my mind, Bessie Hard times ain't gonna rule my m...