Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell Lyrics - Classic Country

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 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 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. 

It serves him right and no-one here is missing him. 

Least of all the newly-weds of Saginaw, Michigan. 

We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan. 

He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan.