Saginaw Michigan

I was born in Saginaw, Michigan

I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay

My dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman

Too many times he came home with too little pay

I love a girl in Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)

The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man

But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman

Not good enough to claim his daughter's hand

Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold

Like a crazy fool I'm a digging in this frozen ground so cold

But each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then

I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)

I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)

I said, "Honey, I'm comin' home, please wait for me

And you can tell your pa I'm coming home a richer man

I've hit the biggest strike in Klondike history"

Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)

He gave me a great big party with champagne

Then he said, "son you're wise young ambitious man

Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?"

Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold cold ground

The greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found

It serves him right and no one here is missing him

Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan

They're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan

He's afraid to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan