These songs remind me of happy times as a child at the pianola.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,

You make me happy when skies are grey,

You 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.

When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken

And I hung my head and I cried

 

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,

You make me happy when skies are grey,

You never know, dear, how much I love you,

Please don’t take my sunshine away.

  

From this valley they say you are going

We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile

For they say you are taking the sunshine

That has brightened these hills for a while.

 

Come and sit by my side if you love me

Do not hasten to bid me adieu

But remember the Red River Valley

And the girls who has loved you so true.

 

 

There is a tavern in the town (in then town)

And there my true love sits him down (sits him down)

And drinks his wine with laughter gay and free

And never, ever thinks of me.

 

Fare thee well for I must leave thee,

Do not let the parting grieve thee,

And remember that the best of friends must part (must part)

Adieu, adieu, kind friends, adieu, (yes, adieu)

I can no longer stay with you (stay with you)

I’ll hang my heart from a weeping willow tree,

And may the world go well with thee.

  

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine,

You make me happy when skies are grey,

You never know, dear, how much I love you,

Please don’t take my sunshine away.