In Saginaw, in Saginaw,
The wind blows up your feet,
When the ladies- guild puts on a feed,
There-s beans on every plate,
And if you eat more than you should,
Destruction is complete.

Out Hemlock Way there is a stream
That some have called Swan Creek;
The turtles have bloodsucker sores,
And mossy filthy feet;
The bottoms of migrating ducks
Come off it much less neat.

In Saginaw, in Saginaw,
Bartenders think no ill;
But they-ve ways of indicating when
You are not acting well:
They throw you through the front plate glass
And then send you the bill.

The Morleys and the Burrows are
The aristocracy;
A likely thing for they-re no worse
Than the likes of you or me,-
A picture window-s one you can-t
Raise up when you would pee.

In Shaginaw, in Shaginaw
I went to Shunday Shule;
The only thing I ever learned
Was called the Golden Rhule,-
But that-s enough for any man
What-s not a proper fool.

I took the pledge cards on my bike;
I helped out with the books;
The stingy members when they signed
Made with their stingy looks,-
The largest contributions came
From the town-s biggest crooks.

In Saginaw, in Saginaw,
There-s never a household fart,
For if it did occur,
It would blow the place apart,-
I met a woman who could break wind
And she is my sweet-heart.

O, I-m the genius of the world,-
Of that you can be sure,
But alas, alack, and me achin- back,
I-m often a drunken boor;
But when I die-and that won-t be soon-
I-ll sing with dear Tom Moore,
With that lovely man, Tom Moore.

Coda:

My father never used a stick,
He slapped me with his hand;
He was a Prussian through and through
And knew how to command;
I ran behind him every day
He walked our greenhouse land.

I saw a figure in a cloud,
A child upon her breast,
And it was O, my mother O,
And she was half-undressed,
All women, O, are beautiful
When they are half-undressed.