I was born in Saginaw Michigan
I grew up in a house in Saginaw Bay
My Dad was a poor hard working Saginaw fisherman
Too many times he came home with too little pay
I loved a girl in Saginaw Michigan
The daughter of a wealthy wealthy man
But he called me that son of a Saginaw fisherman
And not good enough to claim his daughter's hand
Now I'm up here in Alaska looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool I'm digging in these frozen grounds so cold
But with each new day I pray I'll strike it rich and then
I 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
And you can tell your Dad I'm coming back a richer man
I hit the biggest strike in Klondyke history
Her Dad met me in Saginaw Michigan
He gave me a great big party with champaign
And he said: Son you're a wise young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim?
Now he's up there in Alaska digging in the cold cold ground
The greedy fool is looking for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newly-weds in Saginaw Michigan
We're the happiest man and wife in Saginaw Michigan
He's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw Michigan.
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- Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 2 - Honky Tonk Heroes
- Columbia Country Classics, Vol. II - Honky Tonk Heroes
- Look What Thoughts Will Do
- 16 Biggest Hits
- The Essential Lefty Frizzell
- The Complete Columbia Recording Sessions, Vol. 1 - 1950-1951
- The Ultimate Collection
- Country USA: 1952
- The Best of Lefty Frizzell
- The Best Of
- The Last Picture Show
- Classic Country: Honky-Tonkin’: 1952-1957
- Golden Decade - Music of My Life (Vol. 07)
- Country Love Songs
- The Definitive Country Collection
- 100 Number One Country Hits
- The Country Collection - Folsom Prison Blues
- Country Music Hoedown Vol. 2
- Great Country Hits of the 1950s, Volume 2