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 loved a girl (I loved a girl)
 In Saginaw, Michigan (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 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 (I wrote my love)
 In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw, Michigan)
 I said honey I'm coming home please wait for me
 And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
 I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
 Her dad met me (Her dad met me)
 In Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw Michigan)
 He gave me a great big party with champagne
 Then he said son you 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 looking 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
 We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan
 He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan