My Filipino Rose-Hank Snow

My Filipino Rose - Hank Snow The postman dropped the letter in my door The address wasn't plain but I could see It had travelled far across the Great Pacific From my Filipino Rose across the sea The writing of her trembling hand was blurred The paper it was sadly stained with tears It read to tell me you have found another After I have longed and waited all these years But I'm still praying that the trade wind Sends you sailing across the blue In my harbor I dream you'll anchor Where your lonely Filipino waits for you I have promised her that I'd return someday I told her she won my heart and hand I told her a lie cause I was lonely Far from home a stranger in that foreign land She wrote I watched the driftwood float on by I watched the sea alone in its weary way I watched the silver sails out on the ocean Hoping you'd might return to me someday The chains of love may never set me free But through the years these mem'ries fondly grow This broken heart will always wait for you dear It was signed your lonely Filipino Rose But I'm still praying