Saginaw, Michigan · letra

I was born in Saginaw Michigan and I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay My daddy was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman Too many times he came home with too little pay I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan she was the daughter of a very, very wealthy man But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman And not good enough to ever claim his daughter's hand
That's why I'm up here in Alaska lookin' around for gold Like a crazy fool I'm diggin' in the frozen ground so cold But with each day I pray I'll strike it rich and then I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw Michigan
I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan I said honey I'm a coming home please wait for me And you can tell your dad that I'm coming back a richer man I hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history Her daddy met the bus in Saginaw Michigan And he gave me a great big party with champagne Then he said son you're a wise young, ambitious man Why don't you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim
Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground That greedy fool is a lookin' for the gold I never found But it serves him right and nobody here is missing him Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan