Ernest Tubb - Filipino Baby lyrics

When the warship's left Manila sailing proudly o'er the sea All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret Looking backward to this Island where they spent such happy hours Making love to every pretty girl they've met (Well up stopped a little sailor with his pride eyes all aglow Saying take a look at my girl's photograph) Then the sailors gathered round him just to look upon her face And he said I love my Filipino baby She's my Filipino baby she's my trasure and my pet Her teeth are bright and pearly and her hair is black as jet Oh her lips are sweet as honey and her heart is true I know She's my darling my little Filipino baby In a little rustic cottage in the port of Filipines dwells a lonely little maiden all alone (She is thinking of her true love though he's far across the sea And her heart beats true for him and him alone) Then one day he whispered darling I've come back from Caroline I've come back to claim the only girl I love And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round And he wed his little Filipino baby She's my Filipino baby...