a sentence that ends with "de"


sorry if my English is bad but neither English nor Japanese is my language.
i'm new to Japanese too. I have a question that i hope you will answer it.
"赤ちゃんだんごはいつも幸せの中で" This is from a song named "だんご大家族”。i wonder will the
sentence changes if i remove the element "で”？ And what is it doing here
exactly? Thank everyone.




Judging from the [whole
lyrics](http://www.kget.jp/lyric/47925/%E3%81%A0%E3%82%93%E3%81%94%E5%A4%A7%E5%AE%B6%E6%97%8F_%E8%8C%B6%E5%A4%AA),
this で is simply the [te-form of the copula
だ](http://www.japaneseprofessor.com/reference/grammar/conjugations-of-the-
japanese-copula/). It's working like "and" or "(and) so". It's connecting the
two clauses (mini-sentences), "赤ちゃんだんごはいつも幸せの中 **だ** " and "年寄りだんごは目を細めてる".
The first clause can often be the reason for the second clause (see: [te-form
(て-form) for Cause or Reason](https://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/te-
form-cause-reason.html)).

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