There's a dark and a troubled side of life; There's a bright and a sunny side, too ...

There's a dark and a troubled side of life;
There's a bright and a sunny side, too;
Tho' we meet with the darkness and strife,
The sunny side we also may view.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life;
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Tho' the storm in its fury break today,
Crushing hopes that we cherished so dear,
Storm and cloud will in time pass away,
The sun again will shine bright and clear.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life;
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

Let us greet with a song of hope each day,
Tho' the moments be cloudy or fair;
Let us trust in our Savior always,
Who keepeth everyone in His care.

Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side,
Keep on the sunny side of life;
It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way,
If we keep on the sunny side of life.

keep on the sunny side - ada blenkhorn - 1899

In 1899 Ada Blenkhorn was inspired to write a "Christian hymn" based on a phrase often said by her nephew who was disabled and always wanted his wheelchair pushed down "the sunny side" of the street. Keep On the Sunny Side became a popular American song with music by J. Howard Entwisle and popularized in a 1928 recording by the Carter Family.