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 very, very 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 lookin' around for gold Like a crazy fool I'm diggin' in the frozen ground so cold But with each 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 hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history
Her daddy met the bus in Saginaw Michigan And he gave me a great big party with champagne Then he said son you're a wise young, ambitious man Why don't you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim
Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground That greedy fool is a lookin' 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 MichiganTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
