Filipino Baby

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'd spent such happy hours

Making love to every pretty girl they've 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 darling little Filipino baby

Ah, Jimmy

In a little rustic cottage in the far off Philippines

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"

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 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