Saginaw, Michigan    (video)    (midi)

 

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1. 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 hard working Saginaw fisherman,

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    too many times he came home with too little pay.

 

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2. I love 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 son of a Saginaw fisherman,

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    not good enough to claim his daughters hand.

 

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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.

 

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3. I wrote my love         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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4. Her dad met me        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 ?

 

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    Now he's up there in Alaska, digging in the cold, cold ground,

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    the greedy fool is lookin' 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 newly weds of Saginaw, Michigan,

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    the happiest man and wife in Saginaw, Michigan…

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 5th)    (Lefty Frizzell)