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“You Are My Sunshine” was written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1939. It’s been covered more times than you’d want to list, but this one by Johnny Cash is one of the most popular interpretations of the song.

It’s worth noting that some historians claim Paul Rice actually wrote the tune and sold it to Davis.

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