Title

I Want To Go Back To Michigan (Down On The Farm) / words by Irving Berlin

Authors

Irving Berlin
Waterson Berlin and Snyder Co. (New York)

Preview

Files

ISBN

MUM00682, 0386

Description

Cover: drawing of a little farm scene; photo inset of The Lynch Trio; Publisher: Waterson Berlin and Snyder Co. (New York)

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States

Relational Format

music score

Original Format

scores

Original Collection

Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/322

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
I was born in Michigan, And I wish and wish again, That I was back in the town where I was born; There's a farm in Michigan, And I'd like to fish again, In the river that flows beside the fields of waving corn. A lonesome soul am I, Here's the reason why:
Chorus
I want to go back, I want to go back, I want to go back to the farm, Far away from harm, With a milk pail on my arm; I miss the rooster, The one that useter Wake me up at four a.m. I think your great big city's very pretty, never-the-less I want to be there, I want to see there A certain some one full of charm; That's why I wish again, That I was in Michigan, Down on the farm. I want to go back, I want to go back, I want to go back to the farm, Far away from harm, With a milk pail on my arm; I miss the rooster, The one that useter Wake me up at four a.m. I think your great big city's very pretty, never-the-less I want to be there, I want to see there A certain some one full of charm; That's why I wish again, That I was in Michigan, Down on the farm.
Second verse
You can keep your cabarets, Where they turn nights into days, I'd rather be where they go to bed at nine; I've been gone for seven weeks, And I've lost my rosy cheeks, That's the reason I'd rather have the country life for mine. My thoughts are far away, That's just why I say:
(Chorus)

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