Mommy's only song

Mommy was not into singing. The only thing I recall her singing to me, and to my siblings as they came along behind me, was "You Are My Sunshine".

Here's the Tlingit version of the lyrics, from the hymnbooklet Haa Aankáawu Kanaxtooshéix’:

(34) YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

I translated this song for my mom before she passed away, cux I remember her always singing this song to me during my childhood. (Ruth Demmert)

Ax gagaanix isitee
Ch'a tleinax xaa iyatee
Ax toowu ilik'ei xaa
Tleil kooshk'eiyi
Tleil yisaku ge
Waa ixsaxanee
Daa ch'a tlakw
Ax gagaanix eenasti

Tliyaat ge xaanaa
Ch'u axakeedi
Ax jooni toox'
Ax jigei wa.e
Kei xat wusgeedi
Aax ee kawdihaa
Tle ee itde kaxwdigaax