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
Searching around for gold
Like a crazy fool I was digging
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 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 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
Digging in the cold cold ground
Why the greedy fool is looking
For the gold I never found
It serves him right
And no one here is a missing him
Least of all the newly weds
Of Saginaw, Michigan
Least of all us newly weds
Of Saginaw, Michigan
Saginaw, Michigan