FILIPINO BABY

by Ernest Tubb  Written by Billy Cox and Clarke Van Ness

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When the warships left Manila 

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Sailing proudly o'er the sea

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All the sailor's hearts were filled with fond regret

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Looking backward to this island

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Where they spent such happy hours

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Making love to every pretty girl they met

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When up stepped a little sailor with his bright eyes all aglow

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Saying take a look at my gal's photograph

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Then the sailors gathered round him just look upon her face

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And he said I love my Filipino Baby

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She's my Filipino baby

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She's my treasure and my pet

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Her teeth are bright and pearly

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And her hair is black as jet

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Oh her lips are sweet as honey

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And her heart is true I know

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She's my darling little Filipino Baby

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In a little rustic cottage in the far off Philippines

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Dwells a pretty little maiden all alone

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She is thinking of her true love though he's far across the sea

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And her heart beats true for him and him alone

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Then one day he whispered darling I've come back from Caroline

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I've come back to claim the only girl I love

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Then that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round

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And he wed his little Filipino Baby