You Are My Sunshine

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Many of you know that I love to sing. On my wedding day, I thought there would be nothing more special than to sing a song to Dennis. I wanted it to be a bluegrass song. I wanted it to be a song that most people knew the words to the chorus so they could sing along. I settled upon You are my Sunshine - an old bluegrass staple written in 1939 by Jimmie Davis and Charlie Mitchell. It is one of the state songs of Louisiana. Despite its happy melody and chorus, it is quite a sad song if you look up the real lyrics.

So, I decided to rewrite the lyrics of the song to fit the man I was going to sing it to...
The other night dear as I lay sleeping
I dreamed you held me in your arms
And when I woke dear, my heart was taken
Stolen by your ever loving charm

(Chorus)
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.

When I am down dear, your spirit lifts me
You are my bugman, my boyscout
And in my life dear you'll always save me
The best man for me without a doubt!
(Chorus)

I'll always love you and make you happy
And I feel certain you'll do the same
We were made for one another
I'll be true till my dyin' day!
(Chorus)

If you are my friend on Facebook you can see the video of the wedding day here: https://www.facebook.com/vikas.saini.3323/videos/t.632974363/104111059604497/?type=2&video_source=user_video_tab (Many Thanks to Vikas Saini for recording it)
Christy helped me sing it so I could do harmony. I was accompanied by Chesley Lowe, playing banjo in a roman gladiator costume - you came to the wedding, you know why. Needless to say, the video does not show this, but it was pretty memorable. Moreso than that, I was blow away by everybody singing!

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