You are My Sunshine by Mandy Fonville

Mandy Fonville (1975); Littleton, CO. Sleep comes in a light blue color in the ocean waves. The song “You are My Sunshine” Mandy learned from her grandfather. She calls sleep “Nighty-Nighty.”

You are My Sunshine

The other night dear, as I lay sleeping,
I dreamed I held you in my arms,
but when I woke dear, I was mistaken,
and I hung my head and cried.

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.

I'll always love you and make you happy,
if you will only say the same,
but if you leave me to love another,
you'll regret it all someday.

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.

You told me once, dear, you really loved me
that no one else could come between,
but now you've left me and love another,
you have shattered all my dreams.

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.

Authorship

While Davis and Mitchell are the credited songwriters of "You Are My Sunshine", Davis was never known to actually claim authorship, as he bought the song and rights from Paul Rice and put his own name on it, a practice not uncommon in the pre-World War II music business. Some early versions of the song credit the Rice Brothers. Descendants and associates of Oliver Hood, a LaGrange, Georgia musician who collaborated with Rice, claim Hood wrote the song in the early 1930s, first performing it in 1933 at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention at LaGrange, Georgia in 1933. According to some accounts,[ clarinetist Pud Brown was also involved with the Rice Brothers for the song's origin or first arrangement. Davis said that for some time he had been enthusiastic about the song and had unsuccessfully tried to convince record companies to record it before finally making his own 1940 record of the song. Davis' version was popular and was followed by numerous other covers, including those of Bing Crosby and Gene Autry, whose versions made the number a big hit. Davis emphasized his association with the song when running for governor of Louisiana in 1944, singing it at all his campaign rallies, while riding on a horse named "Sunshine” (Wikipedia)

Mandy also sings as a lullaby ancient Sanskrit prayer  "Twameva Sarvam":

Mantra: Twameva

Twameva maataa cha pitaa twameva,

Twameva bandhush cha sakhaa twameva,

Twameva vidyaa dravinam twameva,

Twameva sarvam mama deva deva.

You are my mother and father,

You are my friend and my brother,

You are knowledge, you are wealth,

You are my everything, o God of gods.

Different Translation of this mantra:

Oh beloved! you are mother and father.

You are friend and companion.

You are riches, you are wisdom.

You are the eternal divine guide

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