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Let the Sun Shine Down on Me

[Than Hall (Jean Ritchie)]

Jean Ritchie sang her own song Let the Sun Shine Down on Me in 1965 on her Warner album A Time for Singing.

Jenn Butterworth and Laura-Beth Salter sang Let the Sun Shine Down on Me on their 2016 album Bound. This video shows them in a home concert in March 2020:

Lyrics

Jean Ritchie sings Let the Sun Shine Down on Me

Chorus (after each verse):
Roll on clouds in the mornin’
Roll on clouds in the mornin’
Roll on clouds in the mornin’
Let the sun shine down on me

Bound away for glory
I’m bound for glory and deliverance
Roll on clouds in the mornin’
Let the sun shine down on me

I look up this mornin’
Deep down trouble I see
Yes I looked up this mornin’
Let the sun shine down on me

Saw that big cloud risin’
Hard trouble I see
Heard my mother cryin’
Let the sun shine down on me

I know there’s a great big comin’
When no more trouble I see
When we’ll all shout together
Let the sun shine down on me

Roll on clouds in the mornin’
Let the sun shine down on me
Roll on clouds in the mornin’
Let the sun shine down on me