Saginaw, Michigan

Well 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'd come home with too little pay

I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan
The daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
But he called me a son of a Saginaw fisherman
And he said I wasn't good enough to claim his daughter's hand

That's why I'm up here in Alaska a-looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool I'm digging in this 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

I wrote my love in Saginaw, Michigan
I said honey I'm coming home please wait for me
You can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history

Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
He gave me a great big party with champagne
And he said son you're a wise young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim

So now he's up there in Alaska a-digging in the cold cold ground
That greedy fool is looking for the gold I've never found
It serves him right and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan

Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw Michigan