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"I Want to Go Back to Michigan", song composed by Irving Berlin in 1914 and recorded the same year.
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Library of Congress[1] Edited slightly from archival file to reduce noise.
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Irving Berlin, performed by Billy Murray, recorded by Edison Mfg. Co. (New Jersey)
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