# My Michigan

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{{Short description|Song}}
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{{Distinguish|Michigan, My Michigan}}
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{{Infobox anthem
|prefix=Regional
|country=[Michigan](/source/Michigan)
|title=My Michigan
|image="MY MICHIGAN" Sheet Music Cover page.png
|composer=H. O'Reilly Clint
|author=Giles Kavanagh
|lyrics_date=1933
|music_date=1933
|adopted={{Start date and age|1937}}
}}
'''"My Michigan"''' is an official [song](/source/List_of_U.S._state_songs) of the state of [Michigan](/source/Michigan).

==History==
It was written by Giles Kavanagh (lyrics) and H. O'Reilly Clint (music) in 1933. It was published by Clint's own music publishing company in [Detroit](/source/Detroit). It was formally adopted as an official [state song](/source/List_of_U.S._state_songs) by the [Michigan Legislature](/source/Michigan_Legislature) in 1937 by Concurrent Resolution 17.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mi.gov/documents/hal_mhc_mhm_songhistory_53142_7.pdf|title=History of the Adoption of "My Michigan" as an Official Song of the State of Michigan |publisher=State of Michigan|access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref>

Despite being an official state anthem, the song is rarely performed and has never been used on formal state occasions.{{cn|date=March 2024}} The state government did not purchase and/or the authors would not sell the copyright.{{cn|date=March 2024}} The song's copyright will expire at the end of 2028, the 95th year after its publication, per the [Copyright Term Extension Act](/source/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act).<ref>Renewal is listed in [http://archive.org/stream/catalogofcopyrig3145lib#page/n556/mode/1up Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1960 (Part 5, No. 1)], p. 598.</ref>

There are two versions of the sheet music; one is held at the Rare Book Room at the [Library of Michigan](/source/Library_of_Michigan) and the other is housed at the [Bentley Historical Museum](/source/Bentley_Historical_Museum).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-54463_54466_20829-54116--,00.html|title=Michigan State Songs: Michigan's Mystery State Song!|publisher=Michigan Dept of Natural Resources|access-date=January 5, 2012}}</ref>

==References==
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;Further reading
*{{cite book |editor-last= Fuller |editor-first= George N. |series= Michigan: A Centennial History of the State and Its People |volume= 5 |title= Michigan Biography |location= Chicago |publisher= Lewis Publishing |year= 1939 |pages= 47–49 |chapter= Giles Kavanagh}}
*{{cite book |title= Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan |year= 1937 |series= Regular Session |volume= 1  |location= Lansing, MI |publisher=  Franklin DeKleine Company}}
*{{cite magazine |magazine= M. R. |volume= 447 |title= Presentation of the Portrait of the Honorable John W, Fitzgerald |date= November 10, 1994 |page= 5}} (reference to "My Michigan" song)
*{{cite book |editor-last= McNamara |editor-first= Daniel I. |title= The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary of Composers, Authors, and Publishers |url= https://archive.org/details/ascapbiographic195200amer |url-access= registration |location= New York |publisher=  Thomas Y. Crowell Company |year= 1952 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/ascapbiographic195200amer/page/88 88–89] |chapter= H. O'Reilly Clint}}
{{National anthems of North America}}

Category:Music of Michigan
Category:American songs
Michigan
Category:Songs about Michigan
Category:Symbols of Michigan
Category:1933 songs

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