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James Houston "Jimmie" Davis (born 11 September, 1899 - Jackson Parish, Louisiana, he died 5 November 2000) was an American Democratic politician, country music singer and songwriter. He was Louisiana's governor 1944-1948 and 1960-1964.

Davis was a popular country music and gospel singer from the 1930s to the 1960s, he is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum and Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.

Davis was born in 1899 to a sharecropping pair, the former Sarah Elizabeth Works and Samuel Jones Davis, in northern Louisiana. The family was so poor that Jimmie had a bed to sleep until he was nine years old.

Davis became a successful singer rural music before he entered politics.

                                                 "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

  

översättning: 

Du är mitt solsken, min enda solsken
Du gör mig glad när himlen är grå
Man vet aldrig, kära, hur mycket jag älskar dig
Vänligen ta inte mitt solsken bort

Häromkvällen, kära, medan jag låg och sov
Jag drömde att jag höll dig i mina armar
När jag vaknade, kära, jag misstog
Så jag hängde mitt huvud, och jag grät

Du är mitt solsken, min enda solsken
Du gör mig glad när himlen är grå
Man vet aldrig, kära, hur mycket jag älskar dig
Vänligen ta inte mitt solsken bort

Jag kommer alltid att älska dig och göra dig lycklig
Om du bara kommer att säga samma
Men om du lämnar mig att älska en annan,
Du kommer att ångra det hela en dag

Du är mitt solsken, min enda solsken
Du gör mig glad när himlen är grå
Man vet aldrig, kära, hur mycket jag älskar dig
Vänligen ta inte mitt solsken bort

Vänligen ta inte mitt solsken bort

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