I WAS BORN

IN SA GI NAW, MI CHI GAN

I GREW UP IN A HOUSE

ON SA GI NAW BAY

MY DAD WAS A POOR HARD -WOR KING

SA GI NAW FI SHER MAN

TOO MA NY TIMES HE CAME

HOME WITH TOO LI TTLE PAY

I LOVED A GIRL

IN SA GI NAW, MI CHI GAN

THE DAUGH TER OF A WEAL THY

WEAL THY MAN

BUT HE CALLED ME

THAT SON OF A SA GI NAW FI SHER MAN

AND NOT GOOD E NOUGH

TO CLAIM HIS DAUGH TER'S HAND

NOW I'M UP HERE IN A LA SKA

LOO KING A ROUND FOR GOLD

LIKE A CRA ZY FOOL I' M DIG GING

IN THIS FRO ZEN GROUND SO COLD

BUT WITH EACH NEW DAY

I PRAY I'LL STRIKE IT RICH

I'LL GO BACK HOME AND

CLAIM MY LOVE

I WROTE MY LOVE

IN SA GI NAW, MI CHI GAN

I SAID HO NEY I'M CO MING HOME

PLEASE WAIT FOR ME

AND YOU CAN TELL YOUR DAD

I'M CO MING BACK A RI CHER MAN

I HIT THE BIG GEST STRIKE

IN KLON DIKE HIS TO RY

HER DAD MET ME

IN SA GI NAW, MI CHI GAN

HE GAVE ME A GREAT BIG PAR TY

WITH CHAM PAGNE

THEN HE SAID SON

YOU WISE YOUNG AM BI TIOUS MAN

WILL YOU SELL YOUR FA THER -IN -LAW

YOUR KLON DIKE CLAIM

NOW HE'S UP THERE IN A LA SKA

DI GGING IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND

THE GREE DY FOOL IS LOO KING

FOR THE GOLD I NE VER FOUND

IT SERVES HIM RIGHT AND NO ONE

HERE IS MI SSING HIM

LEAST OF ALL THE NEW LY WEDS

OF SA GI NAW, MI CHI GAN

WE'RE THE HA PPI EST

MAN AND WIFE

HE'S A SHAMED

TO SHOW HIS FACE