I don't think there's a need for a complete DTStudy thread on a composed song like this, but I think it's worthwhile to compare the version in the DT with other sources. Should the DT entry be revised? Is there a Carter Family version that's significantly different?
-Joe Offer-
KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE
(A.P. Carter and Gary Garett)
There's a dark and a troubled side of life
There's a bright and a sunny side, too
Though we meet with the darkness and strife
The sunny side we also may view
CHORUS: Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side.
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us ev'ry day; it will brighten all the way
If we keep on the sunny side of life.
The storm and its fury break today,
Crushing hopes that we cherish so dear.
Clouds and storm will, in time, pass away.
The sun again will shine bright and clear. CHORUS
Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moment be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Saviour alway
Who keepeth everyone in His care. CHORUS
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Here's a quote from Sing Your Heart Out, Country Boy (Dorothy Horstman, 1975)
KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
"Early in [Ada Blenkhorn's] life, she was given the task of caring for an invalid nephew who always wanted his wheelchair to be pushed 'down the sunny side of the street.' His constant repetition of this phrase inspired her to write the gospel "Keep On The Sunny Side Of Life." [1899]" -Phil Kerr (In Evangelism, 1944)
"We learned this song from A.P.'s uncle, Laish Carter, who was a music teacher. We recorded it in 1928 in Camden, New Jersey. After we recorded it and started singing it on radio, we used it as our theme song. A. P. has a gold record of this song on his tombstone."
-Mother Maybelle Carter, of the original Carter family
KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
(Ada Blenkhorn and J. Howard Entwisle)
1. There's a dark and a troubled side of life.
There's a bright and a sunny side, too.
Though we meet with the darkness and strife,
The sunny side we also may view.CHORUS: Keep on the sunny side,
Always on the sunny side.
Keep on the sunny side of life.
It will help us ev'ry day.
It will brighten all the way
If we keep on the sunny side of life.2. Though 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.3. Let us greet with a song of hope each day
Though the moments be cloudy or fair.
Let us trust in our Saviour alway
Who keepeth ev’ry one in his care.