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 wasn't good enough
to claim his daughter's hand
That's why I'm up here in Alaska
looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool
I'm digging 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
I wrote my love in Saginaw,
Michigan
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've hit the biggest strike
In Klondike 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't you want to sell
your father -in -law
your Klondike claim?
And now he's up there in Alaska
digging in the 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.
And he's ashamed to show his face
in Saginaw, Michigan.