"And this song is one that I first heard Pete Seeger sing, and he tells me that it was written by a 4-year-old boy in Russia. And it's just got four lines and it's been translated into a number of languages." ― Raffi in a Raffi on Broadway bonus segment
May There Always Be Sunshine is a song in English and Russia that Pete Seeger once sang.
Lyrics[]
Russian:
Pust' vsegda budet solntse
Pust' vsegda budet goluboye nebo
Pust' vsegda budet mama
Pust' vsegda budu ya
English:
May there always be sunshine
May there always be blue skies
May there always be mama
May there always be me
Spanish:
Que siempre haya sol
Que siempre haya cielos azules
Que siempre haya mama
Que siempre esté yo
French:
Qu'il y ait toujours du soleil
Qu'il y ait toujours un ciel bleu
Qu'il y ait toujours maman
Qu'il y ait toujours moi se
Song Credits[]
Written by Lev Oshanin and Arkadi Ostrovsky published by Universal Music Corporation (Administered by Universal Music Publishing Canada I).
Let's Play![]
- Michael Creber: Piano
- Raffi: Guitar
- Connie LeBeau: Bass
Recorded and mixed by Phil Ramone at the Gershwin Theatre in New York, 1993
Trivia[]
- The song debuted on Raffi on Broadway as part of the bonus segment, along with Haru Ga Kita. In 2002, the song was released on Raffi's album: Let's Play!, while using the video's audio.
- Raffi sings the original chorus in Russian and translates it in English, Spanish, and French.
- The booklet for both the Raffi On Broadway album and Let's Play! shows that Thomas Botting wrote the English words.
