Saginaw, Michigan — текст песни (Bobby Bare)

(Bill Anderson - Don Wayne)

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 nights 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 said I wasn`t good enough for his daughter`s hand.

That`s why I went up here to Alaska searchin` around for gold
Like a crazy fool I was diggin` in the frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray I`d strike it rich and 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 comin` 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 Klondyke history.

So her dad met me in Saginaw, Michigan
He gave me a great big party and we served champagne
Then he said son, Now you`re a wise young ambitious man
Now won`t you sell your father-in-law your Klondyke claim?

So now he`s up there in Alaska diggin` in the cold, cold ground
Why the greedy fool is lookin` for the gold I never found
It serves him right and no one here is a missin` him
Least of all the newly weds of Saginaw, Michigan.

Least of all us newly weds of Saginaw, Michigan.
(Saginaw, Michigan...)