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A Little Bit of Sunshine

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Title
Little Bit Of Sunshine - Lyrics
Composer
Hanley, James F.  
Lyricist
  • Goodwin, Joe  
  • MacDonald, Ballard  
Publisher
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
A Little Bit of Sunshine (From Home) Verse: Say neighbor, did you write to say “Hello!” To Frank and Jim and Joe, the boys who had to go? Well, neighbor don’t you think it’s time you did? For a long, long way from home today there’s some poor lonesome kid (remember.) Refrain: Just a bit of sunshine, A little bit of sunshine will drive the clouds away, You’ve got lots of time, so spend it, Write a cheery note and send it, it may help some fellow on his way, There is pen and paper handy, send’em cigarettes and candy, help those Yankee Doodle dandies o’er the foam, For a friendly sort of letter makes a fellow feel much better, it’s a little bit of sunshine from home. Verse: Say, neighbor, put yourself in Johnny’s shoes, I’ll bet you’d have the blues if you received no news, Well, neighbor you can see it’s mighty hard In that lonesome camp, so stick a stamp, upon a postal card: (remember.) Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 4
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_478
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

Descriptive Information

Title
A Little Bit of Sunshine
Composer
Hanley, James F.  
Lyricist
  • MacDonald, Ballard  
  • Goodwin, Joe  
Publisher
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-02
Lyrics
A Little Bit of Sunshine (From Home) Verse: Say neighbor, did you write to say “Hello!” To Frank and Jim and Joe, the boys who had to go? Well, neighbor don’t you think it’s time you did? For a long, long way from home today there’s some poor lonesome kid (remember.) Refrain: Just a bit of sunshine, A little bit of sunshine will drive the clouds away, You’ve got lots of time, so spend it, Write a cheery note and send it, it may help some fellow on his way, There is pen and paper handy, send’em cigarettes and candy, help those Yankee Doodle dandies o’er the foam, For a friendly sort of letter makes a fellow feel much better, it’s a little bit of sunshine from home. Verse: Say, neighbor, put yourself in Johnny’s shoes, I’ll bet you’d have the blues if you received no news, Well, neighbor you can see it’s mighty hard In that lonesome camp, so stick a stamp, upon a postal card: (remember.) Refrain
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 4
Local Identifier
2014_12996_478
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleA Little Bit of Sunshine
ComposerHanley, James F.  
Lyricist
  • MacDonald, Ballard  
  • Goodwin, Joe  
PublisherShapiro, Bernstein & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-02
LyricsA Little Bit of Sunshine (From Home) Verse: Say neighbor, did you write to say “Hello!” To Frank and Jim and Joe, the boys who had to go? Well, neighbor don’t you think it’s time you did? For a long, long way from home today there’s some poor lonesome kid (remember.) Refrain: Just a bit of sunshine, A little bit of sunshine will drive the clouds away, You’ve got lots of time, so spend it, Write a cheery note and send it, it may help some fellow on his way, There is pen and paper handy, send’em cigarettes and candy, help those Yankee Doodle dandies o’er the foam, For a friendly sort of letter makes a fellow feel much better, it’s a little bit of sunshine from home. Verse: Say, neighbor, put yourself in Johnny’s shoes, I’ll bet you’d have the blues if you received no news, Well, neighbor you can see it’s mighty hard In that lonesome camp, so stick a stamp, upon a postal card: (remember.) Refrain
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 17, Folder 4
Local Identifier2014_12996_478
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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