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I Love the Merry Sunshine.

Music with Piano-Forte accompaniment, published by FIRTH, POND AND Co., 547 Broadway, New York.

I LOVE the merry sunshine!
It makes the heart so gay
To hear the sweet birds singing
On their summer holiday,

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With their wild wood notes of duty,
From the hawthorn bush and tree:
Oh! the sunshine is all beauty!
Oh! the merry, merry sun for me.

Chorus — I love the merry, merry sunshine,
It makes the heart so gay
To hear the sweet birds singing
On their summer holiday.
The merry, merry sun,
The merry sun,
The merry, merry sun for me,
The merry, merry sun, the merry sun,
The merry, merry sun for me.

I love the merry, merry sunshine,
Thro' the dewy morning shower,
With its rosy smiles advancing
Like a beauty from her bower!
It charms the soul in sadness,
It sets the spirit free;
Oh! the sunshine is all gladness!
Oh! the merry, merry sun for me.

Chorus — I love the merry, etc., etc.