A Little Bit of Sunshine

A Little Bit of Sunshine

Time Period: The Great War/ WW1
Original lyrics:

A modern interpretation of the 1918 song "A Little Bit of Sunshine" by Ballard MacDonald and Joe Goodwin.

Say, neighbor, did you write to say “Hello!”
To Frank and Jim and Joe
The boys who had to go?
We’ll, 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
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 over the foam

For a friendly sort of letter makes a fellow feel much better
It's a little bit of sunshine from home
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 mighty hard
In that lonesome camp, so stick a stamp,
Up on a postal card, Remember