The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12840

12840. Let Us Carry The Sunshine

1 Let us carry the sunshine
Wherever we go,
It will surely make somebody glad;
For a comforting word,
Like a clear, golden ray,
Will bring help to the weary and sad.

Refrain:
Let us carry the sunshine,
The beautiful, beautiful sunshine,
Let us carry the sunshine,
The sunshine of heavenly love.

2 Let us carry the sunshine
Wherever we go,
Let it beam from the bright, cheery face;
There’s a charm in the smile,
There is power in the glance,
That betokens the heart’s tender grace. [Refrain]

3 Let us carry the sunshine
Wherever we go,
’Tis the sunshine that never grows dim;
When looking to Jesus,
The Light of the world,
We are living and shining for Him. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Let us carry the sunshine
• Title: Let Us Carry The Sunshine
• Author: Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1891)
• Refrain First Line: Let us carry the sunshine
• Language: English
• Source: Radiant Songs by John R. Sweney, William J. Kirkpatrick and Henry L. Gilmour (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1891)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Some hym­nals show the au­thor as Li­die H. Ed­munds, Hew­itt’s pseu­donym. Ho­wever, the lyr­ics reap­peared se­ver­al years lat­er in The Voice of Me­lo­dy, ed­it­ed by Ed­mund S. Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: E. S. Lo­renz, 1900), num­ber 87, with dif­fer­ent mu­sic, by George M. Evans, and the au­thor giv­en as El­la Hall. Lo­renz does not ex­plain why Hall was cred­it­ed as the ly­ri­cist. Per­haps El­la Hall is an­o­ther pseu­do­nym of Eli­za Hew­itt?

Tune Information

• Name: [Let us carry the sunshine]
• Composer: William James Kirkpatrick
• Key: D♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain