Sunny Side of Life

from Bowling Green by Alice Gerrard & Mike Seeger

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(Bill Bolick) Our version comes from the Blue Sky Boys (Bill 1917-2008, and Earl Bolick 1919-1998 ).

Recorded at a concert in Tokyo, Japan in 1970 and originally released on King (Japan) LP SKK 662. From Mike's archives.

lyrics

There’s a sunny side where no ills betide
On the road that we must go
There are pleasant vales, fertile hills and dales
Pretty flowers ever grow.

CHO:
O the happy (happy) sunny (sunny) pretty rolling dales
Where the sweetest (sweetest joy and gladness) gladness ever there prevails
Where the sunshine (ever) lingers (on the grand majstic hills) on the hills
On the happy sunny side of life.

There are shady dales where no gladness dwells
And the clouds obstruct the view
But a brighter way like the light of day
Is awaiting now for you.

Let us sing a song as we go along
Let us banish care & strife
That the world may know as we onward go
There’s a sunny side of life.

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from Bowling Green, released January 1, 2008
Vocal duet
Mike-mandolin
Alice-guitar

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Alice Gerrard Durham, North Carolina

A singer and songwriter, Alice’s recordings with Hazel Dickens during the 1960s and ’70s influenced a generation of women musicians from Laurie Lewis to the Judds. Nominated for a Grammy in 2015, she was inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Assoc. Hall of Fame in 2017. A documentary film about Alice, "You Gave Me a Song" premiered at the Full Frame Independent Film Festival in 2019. ... more

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