I was born in Saginaw Michigan I grew up in a house on Saginaw bay   My daddy was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman   Too many nights 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 he said I wadn't good enough to claim his daughter's hand   That's why I'm up here in Alaska lookin' around for gold   Like a crazy fool I'm diggin' 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   [ ac.guitar ]   I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan I said honey I'm comin' home please wait for me   You can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man   I've hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history   Her daddy met the bus in Saginaw Michigan   He gave me a great big party and we drank champagne   Then he said son you're a wise young ambitious man   Don'tcha wanna sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim   And now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold cold ground   The greedy fool is a lookin' 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   And he's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw Michigan