Lefty Frizzell Saginaw Michigan
Lyrics And Tutorial

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This song was released in 1964 and became Left Frizzell's last #1 hit song. It was also nominated for a Grammy Award.




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--- Start of this Lefty Frizzell Saginaw Michigan Song ---

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 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 not good enough to claim his daughters hand

Now Im up here in Alaska ... looking around for gold
Like a crazy fool Im digging ... in this frozen ground so cold
But with each new day I pray ... Ill strike it rich and then
Ill go back home and claim my love ... in Saginaw Michigan

I wrote my love ... in Saginaw Michigan
I said honey Im coming home please wait for me
And you can tell your dad Im coming back ... a richer man
I 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 wise young ambitious man
Will you sell your father-in-law your Klondike claim

Now hes up there in Alaska ... diggin in the cold, cold ground
The greedy fool is looking ... for the gold I never found
It serves him right ... and no one here is missing him
Least of all the newlyweds ... of Saginaw Michigan
Were the happiest man and wife ... in Saginaw Michigan

--- End of this Lefty Frizzell Saginaw Michigan ---



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