I heard this song today, and I couldn't help but think of little Matilda.
The song came out here in Australia in about 1970....written and performed by an Austrlian pop singer Brian Cadd..
I have found the lyrics, but I dont have you tube here on my laptop, so if anyone can find a link to it please post it.....its a great song.
Here are the lyrics.....
A Little Ray Of Sunshine
========================
by Brian Cadd and Don Mudie
Her fathers says she has to have a name,
not the same as her mom's, but a name just the same,
a little ray of sunshine has come into the world,
a little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.
We'll show her the dress that she'll wear
with the gold flowing hair that nature provided
my little ray of sunshine has come into the world,
my little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.
A little ray of sunhine -
I want to know if you think she looks good in the pink,
Grandma has bought her ... our own little daughter.
She can make you feel good,
she can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,
only by her smile, only by her smile ...
Have you noticed she's just like her father,
and I think that I'd rather
her hair was much darker,
my little ray of sunshine has come into the world,
my little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.
She can make you feel good,
she can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,
only by her smile, only by her smile, only by her smile ...
talkin' 'bout my little ray of sunshine,
my little ray of sunshine,
little ray of sunshine,
loittle ray, little ray, little ray,
sweet little darlin',
my little ray of sunshine, woa woa woa ... hmmmm ....