You Are My Sunshine

[UrbanoEremita]

Muito fera. Curti legal. Gostei muito.

[gersman1962]

That's a good ukukulelele.

[paaaatrika]

Just the way it's supposed to be sung!

[burpo]

Lady Gaga totally ripped this guy off.

[sworraBrelyT]

This song hurts. Its my life in a nutshell right now.

[Janik020301]

Toll!!!

Echt Toll!!!

[hustla433]

Love this song

[neuralFun]

this is the best version of this song!!!!!!!!!!

[RivaSays]

<3 This song has a lot of meaning to me. Thank you for posting. It brings back some memories close to the heard. :3

[silentxmurder495]

I love this.

[2002TapDancer]

You remind me of my grandpa who always sang this to both myself and my grandma. Although this song makes me sad, I will always remember him as exactly that. My Only Sunshine.. :)

[kunwarvikas]

fantastic.

[VannesRock27]

I always love this song :) <3

[mjpsails]

Thank-you, so much.

[fwsteve]

Great job sir. I enjoyed your singing very much.

[77BaZe]

sweet. just keep it up !!

[skeletenking11]

Thats so coool im 14 and love that songs!!!!!!!

[FaszomTelivanGecivel]

10 people were so overcome with emotion listening to this song that they, their hands trembling in joy, accidentally pressed the 'dislike' button.

[strew8]

Your rendition is just great, and done so perfectly.

[donzaliko]

it never become old

[yoybong]

I  like your song.

[sworraBrelyT]

its kinda hard to accept some of the real meaning to some of these songs. like when i was little i remember in the 1st grade we sang this song because we thouht it was a good and happy song but the real meaning is actualy very saddening. but i can only thank you for posting these songs. they bring back a lot of memorys. thank you again.

[uwemommens]

Here's everthing that I expect from the performance of a folk song. This is absolutely authentic. It gave me great pleasure. Thank you!

[BertrandDeBorn]

"Songs my father taught me to love". Yes indeed! When I was a kid, my father used to sing this to me, to all of us, in fact. It is a very powerful and a very moving memory. Thanks for your rendition, it really comes close to the soul.

[comicuzinho]

Greetings from Brazil!! Lovely song and performance!!!

[mdubs2010]

Gorgeous! I'm definitely gonna try to learn this on my uke. Doesn't look too hard!

[Starwarsmaster8]

Niceee :) , i realy like it

[totoro249]

nice song

[princescfabregas]

Great music. I love ur voice. U r awesome !

[choki2coklat]

hi there..is that real you who're singing?i really like this version..i'm wonder whether u provide or has any link for mp3 download....thanks

[cbatt99]

My kids and I love your songs! They are 1 and 2, and your videos are one of their favorite things to watch. Thanks for the simple videos and beautiful music!!

[czarmusique]

i'm a filipino and i don't know why i really like this folk song.

it's beautiful.

anyway.

great job sir!

:)

[BigBingFan]

Man oh, Man--you are very good. I'd love to hear: "Wabash Cannonball," "Wreck of the Old '97," "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine," and other such folksy Americana. You really are terrific. Thank you for sharing your talent with the YouTube world!

[PHMIXSTAR]

LOL....520 LOVED THIS!!!!

[WXimp]

I listened to this song for hours every night when I was younger! :)

[BravaNova]

My Dad' favorite song ..ty God rest his soul..

[princescfabregas]

I love listening to u !!!

[TheDogtor]

Hello ,

I listen to this song in my mornings...not always but some... =]

It makes me feel great , and I love it when you play the yokel =]

Thank you so much for uploading this.

Its a great feeling.

Much thanks and salutations to you , god bless your soul and spirit.

[shalcomeamo]

Classic...

[dcjamesbond]

im diggin this old guy. not in any sort of sexual way though, just thought i'd make that clear. he's just got some talent.

[lewdite]

@dcjamesbond Okay, I accept that ;o)

[hoshmack]

@dcjamesbond what kind of talents are you talking about? well i cannot accept the one i'm thinking of right now

[jpcwa74]

@dcjamesbond yeah, me too.

[carole7777]

@dcjamesbond that sorta went without sayin, lol

[Smasher5257]

One of our favorite songs! Love the sound of that tenor...great strumming pattern..it really pushes the song along! Thanks!

[AlidaCornelius]

i wished I lived near you so you could teach me how to play my autoharp...this is one of my favorite songs...

[ggmorvaj]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really enjoyed your performance... (I just discovered your channel.)

Your excellent duets with Raymond Crooke this week led me here & now I'd like to hear more of your music. Thank you for sharing this.

[lewdite]

@ggmorvaj Glad for your visit... hope you enjoy!

[underwoman261]

Thanks Lew!

[ossismut]

echt geil das lied und oh my darling clementine sind echt gut gesungen

really cool and the song oh my darling clementine are sung great

[dustyrose3865]

Lew, I only today discovered your songs! I am so happy ...lol I love all the songs you sing... These are all the songs I grew up with and now I can relearn them to sing to my kids. Thank You!

[lewdite]

@dustyrose3865 Thank you for that!

[ardeematt]

Very nice!

I love this song and always sing this and play with the harmonica as instrumental. I wish we could play together sometime in the future!

[winterwild]

that song was written by jimmy davis a past governor the great state of la. in the usa

[BoomeRoyalty]

yehaw baby

[arsenal4eva5]

very good keep it up mate

[pbharrin]

You are great!

[sheannahorneij]

jus like how im usedto hearing it n im 17 :)

[TheFrogy8]

i really like this song

[burdbrain11]

this reminds me of the good i had with my girlfriend. but right now me and her are goin threw alot of fights. stupid fights. one's i keep starting because i cant control my anger. so i play this song like 30 times so i can go to bed without having night mares and more. and i really hope me and her solve things out.

[ZzTechnoGeekzZ]

this reminds me of my childhood days when my great grand mother used to play with me she died when i was 5 :( she died at age 85

i love my childhood when i used to play so much... thank u lewdite for reminding me of my childhood

[Drailor]

granny rulez aUHsuHS

[getunder0]

i remember my granddad singing this to me every day until he died when i was 15 brings back good memories thank you

[willthejedi17]

Dude, you rule

[infernalman111]

Nice !!! :)

[KeraiX]

i fuckin love it :)

[reborn294]

Me and my sister love this song so much ! she say this song makes her feel warn

[littledeb0102]

I would like to thank you for bringing back fond memories my brother used to sing these songs when I was a child. We lost him, but still have the memories.

[oceanidigrazia]

Thank you so much for this song ! It is beautiful !!

[kuntrygal457]

I love singing this song with my daddy. Haven't sang it in a while. I love this song thanks to my daddy:)

[PinkcoltheGIRL]

BEAUTIFUL

[dcrapunzel]

I <3 this tune..Thank you for shaing and posting....  :)

[playmorebluegrass]

one of my favorites as well.

[TheDeering1]

just enjoy your songs so much. i listen to the new year come in on tv the music was terrible. sounds like this made america. you cant beat the old days. god bless

[uncleluck]

Beautiful! Good job!!

[dasilvaec]

Hey Lew Dite, I got a Uke for christmas, your chords and videos will be very helpful to me, thanks.

[jkts138]

this is my favorite song of all time. this version is so good. glad i found it!

[littleaiden7]

I love this version better!!

[littleaiden7]

I really love how you sing this song. :)

[awrightpair]

wow wot a song thanks

[fukante87]

nice, very nice man , love this song, and very good cover !!

thanks : )

[rudituzla]

Superb rendition! Thank you!

[kirtandsunshyne]

I love this song!! My mom used to sing it to me all the time!!

[savagex466]

Me to ...

[raymondcrooke]

Great performance of a great song. Thanks for the video response.

[Wwerner25]

That was great!!! I love this song and how you play it!

[chrismess13]

That was good.

[MagicCards24]

O Nice One sir good job  and my love one left me so its meaning full nw

[BCParris]

This song breaks my heart. The love of my life left me and shattered all my dreams.

[petataporutata]

awesome!

i love this song!

[JokDokTok]

Cooooooooooooolllllllll!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!

[myblueeberry]

Awesome-i love it!!!!

[oldtimerspal]

Thank you for these great old tunes!!

[DarkRazer666]

very nice :)

[oldyoungfeller]

Thank you so much for all these great tunes you do them so well!

[rosiejordan1417]

this man needs to sing with my grandfather.

[redrocketships]

aw, i thought this was cool. :]

thank you, sir. XD

[pescaboy]

You look like one of my profs at school! You've allready become famous there! ;P

[BlackhatGR]

xexe kaloooOOoOO

[jessicaannjas]

I love this song! Awesome Job!

[x3cupcakex333]

aww this was my song when i was a little kid that my mom used to sing to me.

most people dont know the whole song, they only know the first verse. i loved this. thankyou

[josephhoh]

I enjoyed your playing very much but I was even more struck by the painting in the back--not an image I would associate with the song or skiffling in general.

[lewdite]

Yes, a very interesting painting...

It was painted by my wife's niece who is an artist living in NYC.

To get a better view see my song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

[MyAcidPinkLemonade]

me too i miss it

[MyAcidPinkLemonade]

aww i started to cry cause my mom used to sing this to me to make me go to sleep or wake me up.

[marauder08901]

I never heard the verses before.

Wow. Such a bittersweet song.

[drekkon789]

I love the song, but disagree with the 'moral' of the story. If someone leaves you and falls in love with another let go and move on and be happy they are happy and perhaps there can still be friendship between the two of you. Friendship lasts, love does not (most of the time anyway).

[danniedee1]

Very nice, thank you. This is one of the songs my kids loved to sing.

[notamunk42]

I love it!

[pcurrin444]

My roommates mother passed way Easter Sunday at 10:03am she used to sing this song to them when they were small you do a wonderful job with this song

[notamunk42]

thats so sad,Im sorry for them

[alonelychild]

5 stars! Beautiful, one of the best versions I´ve seen in life, and I am use to perform it or watch it been performed weekly

[draskar]

Wonderfull version!

[ProBushProLife]

Beautiful version.

Thank you for singing it.

One of the greatest songs ever written....it always makes me cry with JOY.....at a first glance simple.....but lyrics that touch the heart of everyone that listens.

[adddddriana]

totally love it <3333333

[jekicar]

phhahahahaha

[matthewvaughan]

I feel like out of the maybe 20 songs I've watched you play, this is the my favourite performance. Whether that's because the song just happens to fit your style so well, or because you make it your own so fully,I'm not sure, but it's great. Thanks for sharing it.

[Ziqqle]

Yay! I Love this song.

This is the only GOOD video I could find to this song. :3

'Grats!

Love the hat btw ^_^

[gullette777]

awesome video, i liked it a lot.

[geena6]

Thanku Max (stewballmax2) for the send. Geena.

[geena6]

A song i always sing to my litle grandson Nikolas. You do a fantastic version. Thanku.5*****. Niky this one's for you my sunshine.

[gabrasuca]

lenda mano,essa musica eh muito bela ,linda d+

[omegaNX01]

Molto Bello ...

[MissPickletoes]

Lew!! Lov ed it!! The Uke is the first stringed instrument I taught myself to play at age 11...I forgot how nice it can sound!

[lewdite]

I hope you are still playing.

[MissPickletoes]

Not the ukelele, but guitar,keyboard,tin whistle,native american flute, and just found my old harmonica!!

[Colado2ezy]

Nice

[xXhanniballecterJXx]

Legend!

[thurintheelf]

you are good... Congrats

[wfd57fatman]

That was really nice! This would have made my great grand-uncle Jimmie proud! This song has a special place in my heart so I'm thrilled to hear it when it's done so nicely! Thank You! That tenor ukulele really warms it up nicely too, it really fits the piece so well! Again, Thank You!

[Sonnybuckfarms]

Nice tune, what key are you playing in/tuning?

[lewdite]

Key of F

chords used F Bb C7

[54spiritedwill54]

Good job

[viviones]

You make my heart warm. It makes me happy to see you sing and play. It's very nice. I'm happy to have the chance to listen to your songs.

[lewdite]

Those are very kind words and I thank you.

[fenrir2001]

I am Japanese. It is impressed when the person who is singing actually is seen

because this tune sometimes flows in Japan.

THANK YOU

[viviones]

You have a great voice and musical talent, sir. =]

[jjwebb123]

great work.i want one of those guitars.

[LUCbodkaKA]

:)

:)

[lewdite]

Liked your first message better...

[aleksatt]

Angree lewdite.

I loved it! :)

[Juliek94]

now that is a great voice with great playing which only makes one thing, AWESOMENESS

[hueregagi]

wow!!!w.t.f?!you can play so super.such a nice video

[candlesburn]

This is how I remember this song.....with the ukulele.

Great job!

[laurenlucille]

this is so lovely..

could someone tell me where to find the right lyrics?

:)

[Aussie901]

mate that was just great...good work

[merbenzgill]

you can see by this song old good songs never die poor songs fade in the past

[TornroT]

For som truly obscure reason youtube recommended this clip. I watched & listened out of sheer curiosity. Read all comments. Actually wept a little. Amazing how much love you've spread around, Lew! You gotta kick lotsa puppies to burn off all that good karma... Just kidding. I wish you all my best!

-- björn, from Finland

[lewdite]

Thank you for those very kind words.

All the best to you (from Canada)

[indianajoe12]

I love the full version of this song. Its so fantastic. I cant give enough to the author of the lyrics, and the great rendition you've provided here.

[rustednails]

why is this so good? because this gentleman understood where this beautiful and timeless classic came from. understood the songs roots. Its the best amateur recording on youtube.

[vegeta2332]

darn right.. and darn the USA is in need to find it sun shine

[vegeta2332]

I was born here but darn people should understand this wonderful and soul song .. each letter word that this wonderful man sing.. make me cry because it stand for the hope what this country has endure for this hard time..and i am speaking about the people .. thank you for sing this beautiful and wonderful song..from New York a fellow man that enjoy your singing...

[Kirin122]

Good job

[lewdite]

It's popularity defies all understanding... but then what do I know?

[naughtyauntieemma]

wow, that was beautiful.

[xXHobbesXx]

It's funny. When I was little I thought this was the happiest song in the word, and now that I'm older I realize it's got one of the saddest meanings behind it.

=) Paco19900 is right, it's bittersweet.

[Markiiieeee]

Niice (H)

[dexpresioh]

Viendo una película de George Clooney, escuche esta cancion que me pareció simple, divertida y muy decidora.

Busque en internet y llegué a conocer que era la canción del estado de Alabama y Jim Davies su autor. Para hacer cosas hermosas, es necesario la sencillez.

[Paco19900]

I don't think I've ever heard this song in its entirety, and I'm glad I could finally hear it all, especially with the rather catchy ukulele rhythm to go along with it.

It's a bittersweet song, and for that, I love it.

Thank you for sharing your talents and your embrace of music. =)

[blackflagwaver]

I've only started loving this song since I've met my boyfriend Dan. (Love you, Danny) Even though I've known this song for years.

[PikeySlayer]

Lovely song and nicely done.

[stewballmax]

Hello

Lew...

Just dropping by for a re-visitation to the now legendary showcase that has put you on the You Tube map. I can never tire of it. It has great personal significance as it is used as a re-enforcement tutorial for my private students.

Thank you for blessing us with it...I am much obliged,kind sir.

Peace,

Max

p.s. 63,450 views...a milestone,if ever there was one.

[winterwild]

great you very very good

[lunigal]

I love the way He is singing My Moms favorite song. Great Vid. Love it Luna

[swennyboi]

YOU'RE TOO GOOD

[alegaleagle]

thanks :)

[misscamflynn]

i've never heard the full version of this before...thanks ^^

[SimpleAsHarry]

your really great. :]

[bucaneromax1]

funny version - i like it!

[gaaraturtle]

i love this song!!!

[sweetmelissa9978]

Thank you for brightening up my day!

[BullyThePucky]

Great rendition of this classic song, thanks for putting it up. You make a great person to duet with my harmonica. :D

[russbuss415]

very nicely played and sung!

[TRIPP2070]

ahh..i hate this song yet don't at the same time..every time i listen to it i cry..my Uncle used to play this for my grandma all the time as a kid and she loved it...so he made a video of him singing and playing this song and they showed it at her funeral....

but i love your video...:]