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 love 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 daughters hand now i m up here in alaska looking around for gold like a crazy fool i m digging in this 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 coming home please wait for me you can tell your dad i m coming back a richer man i hit the biggest strike in klondike 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 young ambitious man will you sell you re father in law your klondike claim now he s up there in alaska digging in the cold cold ground the greedy fool is lookin for the gold i never found it serves him right and no one here is missing him least of all the newly weds of saginaw michigan the happiest man and wife in saginaw michigan