(Down on the Farm). Aa 1914 popular song. Words and Music by Irving Berlin. Cover art by Gene Buck. Also used in “EASTER PARADE,” 1948 film. Copyright ©30 Jul 1914. Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
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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
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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
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 reasonI’d rather have the country life for mine
My thoughts are far away, that’s just why I say