You Are My Sunshine
My dad used to sing the chorus to me when I was little, replacing “dear” with “son.” This recording is dedicated to him. According to the Wikipedia article, the song is credited to Davis and Charles Mitchell and was first recorded in 1940.
I didn’t even realize that the song has verses (just knew the chorus), but I just found out that it actually has a lot more than the three sections in the chart I originally found and used:
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 criedYou are my sunshine, my only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are grey
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine awayI’ll always love you and make you happy
If you will only say you’ll stay;
but if you leave me to find another
You will regret it all someday
I think it’s a beautiful song, and there are a bunch of great versions out there. Mine is rough in many spots, but I gave it a shot:
Tommy was humming it in the kitchen and made the suggestion for the recording… it was fun to make, but will probably be the last multi-instrument recording for a while. These are quite consuming, and my room becomes a mess 
UPDATE: I found out today that this is the song that my grandfather sang to my grandmother, two hours before he died… whoa.