David Houston Saginaw Michigan Lyrics

Saginaw Michigan Lyrics

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



Not good enough to claim his daughter's hand



Now I'm up here in Alaska looking 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







I wrote my love in Saginaw Michigan



I said honey I'm a coming 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 dad met me in Saginaw Michigan



He gave me a great big party with champagne



Then he said son you're a wise ambitious man



Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim



Now he's up there in Alaska a diggin' in the cold cold ground



Like a greedy fool is a lookin' for the gold I never found



It serves him right no one here is missing him



Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan



Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw Michigan



We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw Michigan