I Want To Go Back To Michigan

I Want to Go Back to Michigan (Down on the Farm)  (1914)  by Irving Berlin

information about this edition.  sister projects: Wikipedia article. "I Want To Go Back To Michigan" is a song by Irving Berlin composed in 1914. It was a moderate commercial success when . . . first released and afterward became a staple on vaudeville. Its most famous performance was by Judy Garland in the film Easter Parade. — Excerpted from I Want To Go Back To Michigan on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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[Verse 1]:

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 (sung twice)]:

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 who use-ter

Wake me up at four A.M.

I think your great big city's very pretty, nevertheless –

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.

[Verse 2]:

You can have your cabarets,

Where they turn nights into days,

I'd rather be where they go to bed at nine;

I have been here 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 (sung twice)]:

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 who use-ter

Wake me up at four A.M.

I think your great big city's very pretty, nevertheless –

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.

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