Keep On The Sunny Side Song Lyrics and Chords by Lester Flatt
Keep On The Sunny Side
recorded by Lester Flatt
written by A.P. Carer
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There's a dark and a
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troubled side of
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life
There's a bright there's a sunny side
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too
Though we meet with the darkness and
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strife
The sunny
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side we also may
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view
Keep on the sunny side
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always on the sunny side
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Keep on the sunny side of
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life
It
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will help us every day it will
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brighten all the
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way
If we'll keep on the
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sunny side of
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life
The storm and its
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fury broke to
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day
Crushing hopes that we cherish so
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dear
Clouds and storms will in time pass a
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way
The
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sun again will shine bright and
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clear
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Let us greet with the
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song of hope each
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day
Though the moment be cloudy or
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fair
Let us trust in our Savior a
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way
Who
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keepeth everyone in His
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care
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Keep On The Sunny Side?
- The song Keep On The Sunny Side was sang by Lester Flatt.
Who is Lester Flatt?
- Lester Raymond Flatt (June 19, 1914 - May 11, 1979) was an American bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in The Foggy Mountain Boys (popularly known as "Flatt and Scruggs").
Flatt's career spanned multiple decades, breaking out as a member of Bill Monroe's band during the 1940s and including multiple solo and collaboration works exclusive of Scruggs. He first reached a mainstream audience through his performance on "The Ballad of Jed Clampett", the theme for the network television series The Beverly Hillbillies, in the early 1960s.
