Saginaw, Michigan lyrics

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 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, lookin' around for gold

Like a crazy fool I'm a-diggin' 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.

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 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 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

• Artist:Lefty Frizzell
• Album:Best of Lefty Frizzell