Saginaw, Michigan
Bill Anderson, David Frizzell
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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 times he came home with too little pay
Well, 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 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 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 a-coming home, please wait for me
And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history"
Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
He gave me a great big party with champagne
Then he said, "Son, you're a wise, young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim?"
Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold, cold ground
The greedy fool is a looking for the gold I never found
And it serves him right and nobody here is missing him
Least of all the newly-weds of Saginaw, Michigan
Yeah, the happiest man was in Saginaw, Michigan
Well, he's ashamed to show his face n Saginaw, Michigan