WHEN THE WARSHIPS
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 MET
WHEN UP STEPPED A
LITTLE SAILOR
WITH HIS BRIGHT EYES
ALL AGLOW
SAYING TAKE A LOOK
AT MY GAL'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 TREASURE
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 DARLIN'
SHE'S MY FILIPINO BABY
8 BAR
INSTRUMENTAL
BREAK
IN A LITTLE
RUSTIC COTTAGE
IN THE FAR OFF
PHILIPPINES
DWELLS A LOVELY
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'LL WHISPER DARLIN'
I'VE COME BACK
FROM CAROLINE
I'VE COME BACK
TO CLAIM
THE ONLY GIRL I LOVE
THEN THAT NIGHT
THERE WAS A WEDDING
WHILE THE SHIP'S CREW
GATHERED ROUND
AND HE WED HIS LITTLE
FILIPINO BABY
SHE'S MY FILIPINO BABY
SHE'S MY TREASURE
SHE'S 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 DARLIN'
SHE'S MY FILIPINO BABY