Key: C major
Verse 1
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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,
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Too many times he came home
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with too little pay
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I loved a girl in Saginaw,
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Michigan
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The daughter of a wealthy,
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But he called me that son
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of a Saginaw fisherman
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And not good enough to claim
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his daughter's hand
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just a -lookin' around for gold
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Like a crazy fool I'm a -diggin'
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in this frozen ground so cold
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But with each new day I
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pray I'll strike it rich
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and then I'll go back home
and claim my love
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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,
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And you can tell your dad
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that I'm coming back a rich man
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I found the biggest strike
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in Condite history
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Michigan
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He gave me a great big party
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Then he said, my son,
you're a wise, young,
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Won't you sell your father -in -law
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your Klondike claim?
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just digging in the cold, cold ground
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The greedy fool is looking for the gold
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that I never found
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And it serves him right,
Outro 1
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