In our Music Together class we sing a different version of the classic song “You Are My Sunshine” with a more clear message of love and acceptance. We’re excited to share it with you.
(I love this You Are My Sunshine Print from Etsy)
Here’s how it goes:
“You are my sunshine, my only little sunshine,
you make me happy when skies are gray.
You’ll never I hope you know, dear, how much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.
You brighten each and every day.”
Isn’t that so much kinder and loving?! Yes, please.
It’s even cuter like this:
Here’s a brief, adorable (!!) interview with our daughter that took place after the song:
Too sweet not to share. (In case you’re wondering, she’s obsessing over and acting out scenes from The Boxcar Children
We chat like this all day long.
I love that little girl.
Please thank Miss Leyba for sharing her singing and her interview with us! I only *just* discovered the Boxcar Children a few weeks ago. Somehow in our household of fabulous classic children’s literature, we never ended up reading those. I downloaded the set for free from our local public library and have been reading a few chapters before bed every evening. Ok, maybe I’ve been sneaking in a few pages during the day, too! ;-) They’re fantastic.
Miss Leyba is a lovely singer! And I love the other version of You are My Sunshine! I actually came up with some different verses for it, though I left the chorus, and had Jessica (Edwards) sing it at our wedding. It is such a pretty song, but so sad in the original. My favorite new cheerful verse is: “I’ll always love you, and never leave you, if only you will do the same. So stand beside me, and make a promise, I will love you for all of my days!” I like that I can barely remember the sad verses, for singing my wedding version.
The Boxcar Children also brings back fond memories of elementary school. It has been a long time since I’ve thought of those books, but they are so good, and so much fun to imagine setting up house in a boxcar!
I CANNOT EVEN SHE IS SO CUTE :)
oh man i loved the boxcar children growing up as well! and please let miss leyba know that i too loved hearing her sing and found her interview fascinating :)
I used to sing this with Isaac:
You are my Isaac,
My only Isaac,
You make me happy each night and day
Always remember,
How much I love you,
You have been my sunshine today.
It’s our special song since Kai only has one syllable, and doesn’t work as well :)