Saginaw Michigan

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Verse 1:
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I was born in Saginaw, Michigan
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I grew up in a house on Saginaw Bay
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My dad was a poor,
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Hard-working   Saginaw fisherman
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Too many times he came home
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With too little pay

Verse 2:
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I loved a girl in Saginaw, Michigan
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The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man
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But he called me that
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Son of a Saginaw fisherman
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And not good enough
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To claim his daughter's hand
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Now I'm up here in Alaska
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Looking around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm digging
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In this frozen ground so cold
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But with each new day
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I pray I'll strike it rich and then
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I'll go back home and
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Claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan

Verse 3: (same as verse 1)
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

Verse 4: (same as verse 3)
Her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
He gave me a great big
Party with champagne
Then he said son you’re a 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
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We're the happiest man
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And wife in Saginaw, Michigan
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He's ashamed to show his
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Face in Saginaw, Michigan