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You Are My Sunshine

Words and Music by Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell - 1940

Recorded by more than 350 artists and translated into 30 languages.

GeneAutry's version reached number 1 on the Billboard Top Hillbilly Recordings chart in 1942.

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8-beat intro. Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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The other night dear as I lay sleeping,

I dreamed I held you in my arms,

When I awoke dear I was mistaken,

And I hung my head and 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.

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Listen to Eddie Peabody perform "You Are My Sunshine" on the plectrum banjo (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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