Virginia Shehee, a long-time Davis family friend and member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1976 to 1980, introduced legislation to make 'You Are My Sunshine' the official state song. You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are grey You’ll never know dear, how much I love you Please don’t take my sunshine away. You Are My Sunshine Lyrics: The other night dear, as I lay sleeping / I dreamed I held you in my arms / When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken / So I bowed my. The 1940 version by Davis has been added to the National Recording Registry in the Library of Congress on March 21, 2013, for long-term preservation. You are my sunshine lyrics by Gene Autry. YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE lyrics by Johnny Cash: The other night dear, as I lay sleeping / I dreamed I held you in my arms / But when I awoke, dear, I was m. In subsequent years, it was covered by Doris Day (1951), Nat King Cole (1955), The Marcels (1961), Ray Charles (1962), Ike & Tina Turner, The Rivingtons (1962), Andy Williams (1963), Burl Ives (1968), Frank Turner, The Beach Boys, Aretha Franklin, Anne Murray (1979), Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Norman Blake, Brian Wilson, Mouse and the Traps, Gene Vincent, Jamey Johnson, Low, Mose Allison, Bryan Ferry, Carly Simon, Yusuf Islam, Copeland, Johnny and the Hurricanes, and Barbra Lica (2012), amongst many others. The versions by Autry, Crosby, and King reached the US charts of the day. ' In 1941, it was covered by Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Mississippi John Hurt, Wayne King and Lawrence Welk. The song has been covered numerous times - so often, in fact, that it is 'one of the most commercially programmed numbers in American popular music.' The song, originally country music, has 'virtually lost' its original country music identity, and 'represent both the national flowering of country music and its eventual absorption into the mainstream of American popular culture. Verse 2 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 some day Chorus You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You. It has been declared one of the state songs of Louisiana because of its association with Davis, a country music singer and governor of the state in the years 1944–19–1964. 'You Are My Sunshine' is a song popularized by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1939.