You Are My SONshine
My only SONshine.
You make me happy
When skies are grey.
You'll never know, dear,
How much I love you.
Please don't take my SONshine away
This is one of my favorite songs to sing to Sean.
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"You Are My Sunshine" is a popular song first recorded in 1939. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana as a result of its association with former state governor and country music singer Jimmie Davis. The song is copyright 1940 Peer International Corporation, words and music by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell.[1] According to a 1990 article by Theodore Pappas, the original song was written by Oliver Hood.[2] The original tune however, is very similar to a much older Ukrainian folk song entitled "Ой, там на горі" (Oj, tam na hori - Up there, on the mountain), leading many to believe that neither Jimmie Davis nor Oliver Hood wrote the music
That song is a favorite of mine, having been sung to by my "Nano", then singing it to my own children, now to Jordynn. The other day Jordynn sang it back to me,I didn't even know that she knew it well enough. The sweetest sound in the whole world.
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