"You Are My Sunshine"

This week for Music Tuesday I chose the song, "You Are My Sunshine" for the following reasons:

Tone- Although most people usually think of this song as being very happy and upbeat, it is actually very sad. For example, one line in the song says, "But if you leave me to love another, You'll regret it all one day." It is very melancholy and sad.
Connotation- When you think of "sunshine," you usually think of happy, warm, summery things. It is a word that usually brings a smile to the face.
Symbol- The sunshine is usually a symbol for something for happy and warm. What most people don't usually think about is that the sun eventually goes down. It leaves. This song uses the sun to talk about how although it makes you happy, it will not stay forever.
Denotation- In the song it says, "When I awoke dear, I was mistaken." Although mistaken can mean "wrong" or in terms of an apology, meaning to say "I'm sorry," it can also mean that you hoped for something, but it was wrong. Maybe you hoped that the song would stay forever, but soon realized that it was not going to happen. It too makes the song very melancholy.

Check out the video below and follow along:
http://youtu.be/1moWxHdTkT0

"You Are My Sunshine"

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken
So I hung my head, and I cried

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You 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 one day

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You never know, dear, how much I love you
Please don't take my sunshine away

Please don't take my sunshine away