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Songs of the Michigan State Normal College

  Listen, I'm just one Yeti doing my part in constructing the matrix. I don't know why I'm compelled to track these things down but here I am. Considering that I don't particularly like the city of Ypsilanti, the university attached to it or the fight songs of said university it makes no sense--other than the Marcello Truzzi connection--that I had to fight myself not to buy this book but I compromised and took some photos instead. The $25 price tag on the split binding of the 80+ year old Songs of the Michigan State Normal College made it easier to come to that resolution. I must stay away from John King Books. That will be much easier since I've found a copy in Florida for $12. While it's en route I'll post a few song pages: M. S. N. C. We Sing of Thee based on Maryland, Maryland and written by Austin George, 1863. M. S. N. C., we sing of thee, Mich-i-gan, my Mich-i-gan! With- in thy courts we love to be, Mich-i-gan, my Mich-i-gan! Thy tow-ers high and...