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
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Saginaw, Michigan
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Randy Travis |