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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 hard working Saginaw fisherman 
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Too many times he came home with too little pay 
  
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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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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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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  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 you're 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