Well, 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 to pay
Well, I'm a love-digger in Saginaw, Michigan
The daughter of a wealthy man
A 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 princess

Crazy fool, I've been digging
In this frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray
I'll strike a return 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
And you can tell your dad
I'm coming back a richer man
I've 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 your father-in-law your Klondike plane?
Now he's up there in Alaska

Digging in the cold, cold ground
The greedy fool is looking for
The gold I never found
And it serves him right
And no one here is missing him
The east of all
The newlyweds of Saginaw, Michigan
Yeah, the happy, new, people of Saginaw, Michigan
man in Saginaw, Michigan. Well, he's ashamed to show his face in Saginaw, Michigan.