Berbeda dengan kebanyakan lagu dalam daftar ini, You Are My Sunshine pada awalnya tidak diperkenalkan sebagai lagu anak-anak. Lagu ini dipopulerkan oleh Jimmie Davis dan Charles Mitchell pada tahun 1939, dan ketenarannya telah membuat You Are My Sunshine dibawakan kembali dalam berbagai macam jenis aransemen baru.
Seiring berjalannya waktu, lagu ini sering disenandungkan sebagai lagu pengantar tidur, atau bahkan lagu tema pada acara untuk anak-anak.
The other night dear, as I lay sleepingI dreamed I held you in my armsBut when I awoke, dear, I was mistakenSo I hung my head and I cried.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshineYou make me happy when skies are grayYou'll never know dear, how much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine away
I'll always love you and make you happy,If you will only say the same.But if you leave me and love another,
You'll regret it all some day:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshineYou make me happy when skies are grayYou'll never know dear, how much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine away
You told me once, dear, you really loved meAnd no one else could come between.But not you've left me and love another;You have shattered all of my dreams:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshineYou make me happy when skies are grayYou'll never know dear, how much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine away
In all my dreams, dear, you seem to leave meWhen I awake my poor heart pains.So when you come back and make me happyI'll forgive you dear, I'll take all the blame.
You are my sunshine, my only sunshineYou make me happy when skies are grayYou'll never know dear, how much I love youPlease don't take my sunshine away