saginaw michigan

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 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 said i wasn't good enough for his daughter's hand. that's why i went up here to alaska searchin' around for gold

like a crazy fool i was diggin' 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