Saginaw, Michigan Lyrics - David Frizzell

I was born in Saginaw, Michigan 

And I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay 

My daddy was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman 

Too many times he came home with too little pay 

I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan 

She was the daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man 

But he called me, "That son of a Saginaw fisherman" 

And not good enough to ever claim his daughter's hand 

That's why I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold 

Like a crazy fool I'm a 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 

I said, "Honey, I'm a coming home, please wait for me 

And you can tell your dad that I'm coming back a richer man 

I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history" 

Her dad met the bus in Saginaw, Michigan 

And he gave me a great big party with champagne 

Then he said, "Son, you're wise, young ambitious man 

Why don't you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim?" 

Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold, cold ground 

That greedy fool is a looking for the gold I never found 

But it serves him right and nobody here is missing him 

Least of all the newly-weds of Saginaw, Michigan