YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
(learned from my father Frank Fitz during the 1940s)(written in 1940 by former Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell)
(copyright 1940 by Peer International Corporation)
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are blue;
You'll never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away.
The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,
I dreamt I held you in my arms;
But when I woke, dear, I was mistaken,
And I hung my head and I cried.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...
I'll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say the same;
But if you leave me to love another
You'll regret it all some day.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...
You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between;
But now you've left me to love another,
You have shattered all my dreams.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...
(from miriam berg's folksong collection)