Saginaw Michigan Lyrics - Lefty Frizzel

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 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 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 wise young ambitious man 

Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim?" 

Now he's up there in Alaska, diggin' 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