Oh Millie, oh Millie,
Is your sister that mean?
Does she think she is a princess
Or maybe a queen?
That’s all that I think about down in the mine
Down in the Saginaw Mine.

Oh Millie, oh Millie,
This you might do
Tell your sister
Her Henry is blue
I think about loneliness all of the time
Down in the Saginaw mine.

Oh Millie, oh Millie,
I don’t understand
Why I need to be rich
To earn your sister’s hand
Tell her I am doing the best that I can
Down in the Saginaw Mine.

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We take out the copper an ounce at a time
Deep in a hole, I’m among aspen and pine
I worry about losing my life or my mind
Down in the Saginaw mine.

Isle Royale
Is a far away land
Way out in the lake
With no comforts at hand
I think about misery all of the time
Down in the Saginaw mine.

At night we can hear
The howls of the wolves
A sound so sad
Like the cries of lost souls
I hear those echoes all of the time
Down in the Saginaw mine

November storms
Tell us winter is near
There’s snow on the copper that’s down at the pier
And the price of that copper just seems to decline
Goes down like the Saginaw mine.

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Oh Millie, oh Millie,
Your letters to me
Bring me such comfort
That now I can see
It’s you that I think about all of the time
Down in the Saginaw mine
So farewell to the Saginaw mine.

©2022 Craig Hansen