Key: G
Introduction:
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I was born, in Saginaw Michigan, 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, the daughter of a wealthly wealthly
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.
Chorus
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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.
I wrote my love, in Saginaw, Michigan,