Historic Sheet Music Collection

Authors

Irving Berlin

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1914

Comments

Words and music by Irving Berlin

Waterson Berlin & Snyder Co. Music Publishers
Strand Theatre Building Broadway at 47th St. N.Y.

Portrait of Lefforge and Lawrence on cover

“Some of these resources may contain offensive stereotypes. Such materials should be seen in the context of the time period and as a reflection of the attitudes of the time. The items are part of the historical record, and do not represent the views of the library or the institution.”

Lyrics

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 sole 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 you great big city’s very pretty, nevertheless I want to be there,
I want to see there
A certain someone full of charm;
That’s why I wish again,
That I was in Michigan,
Down on the farm.
I want to farm.

VERSE 2
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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