The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SONG

SUNSHINE MAN, SUNSHINE MAN}
PLEASE MAKE IT A FINE DAY TOMORROW.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS CHILDREN'S SONG
WHILE GROWING UP IN JAPAN,
AND TODAY, IN AMERICA, SINGS IT TO HIS
SMALL AMERICAN-BORN GRANDCHILDREN.
WHENEVER CHILDREN ARE GOING ON EXCURSIONS, ETC.
IN JAPAN, THEY MAKE A PAPER DOLL OF "TERUTERU BOZU" (SUNSHINE MAN),
HANG IT ON THE BRANCHES OF ANY TREE,
AND CHANT THE ABOVE SONG.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR

Date learned: 07-05-1964