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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 Yo...