The other night dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamed I held you in my arms
When I awoke dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head and cried
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
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 told me once dear, you’ll always love me
And no one could come between
But now you've left me to love another
You have shattered all my dreams
In all my dreams you seem to leave me
When I awake my poor heart pains
So won’t you come back and make me happy
I’ll forgive dear I’ll take all the blame
Crieff Ukulele Group with Audience Singalong
Leader -
Monzievaird Hall, Perthshire, Scotland, November 2019
Recording featured here with kind permission from Nigel Gatherer.
This is one of many well known ‘country’ songs you can find on
Nigel Gatherer’s website. For this version you will need chords
C, C7, F, and G7. Scroll down for the link to many songs that include
lyrics with ukulele chord charts.
Things to do:
- Sing along with this recording.
- Listen to other versions of the song.
- Find out why ‘You Are My Sunshine’ is known as the state song of Louisiana, USA.
- Ukulele players: prepare the song -
the pdf file should be useful.
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE