Michigan State Flag and State Song

[bigkkm]

Makes no sense without lyrics.

[Shahamu]

Oh Michigan, My Michigan,

how lovely are your branches

[Michiganstategem]

I made a video for Michigans State Gem Chlorastrolite on youtube but when i look up Michigan State Gem Chlorastrolite nothing comes up hopping some one can help

[99THORax]

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree, oh, I mean Michigan...

[thelyssmarie14]

it sound like christmas tree song or watever

[lorislilgirl101]

i waz boring here FLINT MICHIGAN

[FastPonyGT]

Meeeeeeechigan!

[sledneck340]

really all people want is to use this for thier reports and someone has to make a song that isnt really truely real

god

[civilwarguy100]

wow .. the Christmas tree song

[elise8122]

Michigan, My Michigan is not really the state song. It's the "unofficial" song, but according to the Concurrent Resolution 17 passed in 1937... "My Michigan" by Kavanagh/Clint is the official song... though they never sold it to the state, so the state has to pay royalties if it is played. The copyright actually expires in a few years.

[lorislilgirl101]

@elise8122 OH REALLY I DID NOT KNOW DAT

[punkrutherford]

oh Christmas tree? really? wow, our state copied a fucking Christmas tune... shame on us :(

[sagestats]

I would seem strange that Michigan and Maryland would have a state song with the smae melody. This certainly is Maryland, My Maryland

[SuperGoldfish1999]

@sagestats OH YEAH because Michigan is like Maryland *Sarcasm*, LOL that's like saying that Nova Scotia is like Mississippi

[lutherd]

First off, several states use this tune as their "State Song," so if you bash Michigan, you need to bash others - like Maryland, for example.

Secondly, this is NOT the official state song. The only song mentioned by law as "a state song" (note that is doesn't say "the state song") is "My Michigan" - which has a completely different tune and lyrics.

[coventrygardens]

i've heard this tune used for numerous different songs. i wonder what was the first song to use this tune.

[olaiuan]

I heard this same song with the Iowan flag. Is it the same state song that Iowa's??

[hax798207]

Is it Christmas every day in Michigan?

[Christmasguy]

Sound the same as Maryland's and O Tannenbaum.

[JohnLM3]

The song playing is not the Michigan State song in any official sense.

The only official state song is "My Michigan," as composed and written by Giles Kavanagh and H. O'Reilly Clint and adopted by concurrent resolution in 1836.

[EdgwaterGuy]

And what song do you think is playing in the background? Yes, indeed, it's "My Michigan," which has the same melody as "Oh Tannenbaum."

[mickeymouse12678]

well, there is an unofficial state song called, "Michigan, My Michigan." I don't know what it sounds like, but maybe it is just "Oh Tannenbaum" reworded.

[Spartakos9]

Actually, there was a song composed during the Civil War called "Michigan, My Michigan," which did have the melody of "O Tannenbaum." But in the 1930's, it was re-arranged and set to a new melody by H. O'Reilly Clint and designated as "an official state song" by the legislature in 1937 under the name "My Michigan." I remember singing this song in elementary school and it was NOT "O Tannenbaum."

[rrchapman]

No, this is "Michigan, My Michigan." See the link I provided above.