[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I was born
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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, hard-working Saginaw fisherman
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Too many times he came home with too little pay
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I loved a girl
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In Saginaw, Michigan
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The daughter of a wealthy, wealthy man
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But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
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And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand
[Bridge]
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Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm digging in this frozen ground so cold
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But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then
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I'll go back home and claim my love in Saginaw, Michigan
[Verse]
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I wrote my love
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In Saginaw, Michigan
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I said honey I'm coming home please wait for me
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And you can tell your dad I'm coming back a richer man
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I hit the biggest strike in Klondike history
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Her dad met me
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In Saginaw, Michigan
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He gave me a great big party with champagne
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Then he said son you're a wise young ambitious man
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Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim
[Bridge]
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Now he's up there in Alaska diggin' in the cold, cold ground
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The greedy fool is looking for the gold I never found
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It serves him right and no one here is missing him
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Least of all the newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan
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We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan
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He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan
