You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
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 dreamed I held you in my arms
But when I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and I cried.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
I’ll always love you and make you happy,
If you will only say the same.
But if you leave me and love another,
You’ll regret it all some day
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
You told me once, dear, you really loved me
And no one else could come between.
But not you’ve left me and love another;
You have shattered all of my dreams:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
In all my dreams, dear, you seem to leave me
When I awake my poor heart pains.
So when you come back and make me happy
I’ll forgive you dear, I’ll take all the blame.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away
I sang this song for almost 2 hours last night, trying to get H to fall asleep. Figured it was time to learn more than the first verse.
I never knew all the words! Thanks for sharing that. It would be a wonderful Lullaby to sing. Well mabe not me singing it! H would have been up in tears all night!
Yeah…I haven’t quite figured out what it is he likes about my singing. lol
Ha! My wife and I used to sing this to our oldest but we’d do it in the craziest voice we could to make him laugh.
The sleep issues contintued last night. I may try your crazy voice idea tonight! Thanks for stopping by.
I knew the first 2 verses but I didn’t realise how many more there is. I must admit, I think the whole song is a bit depressing though.
I always thought of this song as a wartime song and I figured the second verse was about a war widow dreaming of her husband who’d been killed at war. But that’s clearly not the case now I seen the rest of the verses.
Joders – you are so right. The whole song is completely depressing. Even more so for me. I’m not sure why I even sing it. My mother used to always sing it to my oldest son. She loved the song. Sadly, it is the song we played at her funeral.