Saginaw Michigan Lyrics - Bobby Bare

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 said I wasn't good enough for his daughter's hand 

That's why I went up to Alaska searchin' around for gold 

Like a crazy fool I was diggin' in the frozen ground so cold 

But with each new day I pray I'd 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 comin' 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 Klondike history 

So her dad met me in Saginaw Michigan 

He gave me a great big party and we served champagne 

Then he said son now you're a wise young ambitious man 

Now won't you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim 

So now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold cold ground 

Why the greedy fool is lookin' for the gold I never found 

It serves him right and no one here is a missin' him 

Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan 

Least of all us newly weds of Saginaw Michigan (Saginaw Michigan)