I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay

My daddy was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman

Too many nights he came home with too little pay

I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan the daughter of a wealthy wealthy man

But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman

And he said I wadn't good enough to 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 new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then

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

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I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan I said honey I'm comin' home please wait for me

You can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man

I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history

Her daddy met the bus in Saginaw Michigan

He gave me a great big party and we drank champagne

Then he said son you're a wise young ambitious man

Don'tcha wanna sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim

And now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold cold ground

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

It serves him right and no one here is missing him

Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan

We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw Michigan

And he's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw Michigan