Filipino Baby-Texas Jim Robertson/The Pan Handle Punchers

[ti:Filipino Baby ] [ar:Texas Jim Robertson] [al:Classics Of Nashville Vol 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Filipino Baby (菲律宾宝贝) - Texas Jim Robertson/The Pan Handle Punchers [00:05.26]When the warship's left Manila [00:07.86]Sailing proudly o'er the sea [00:09.89] [00:10.63]All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret [00:13.89] [00:15.67]Looking backward to this island [00:18.16]Where they spent such happy hours [00:21.19]Making love to every pretty girl they've met [00:24.43] [00:26.16]Well up stopped a little sailor [00:28.75]With his pride eyes all aglow [00:31.03] [00:31.77]Saying take a look at my girl's photograph [00:35.27] [00:36.67]Then the sailors gathered round him [00:39.22]Just to look upon her face [00:41.25] [00:42.12]And he said I love my Filipino baby [00:45.54] [00:47.14]She's my Filipino baby [00:49.55]She's my treasure and my pet [00:51.89] [00:52.58]Her teeth are bright and pearly [00:54.78]And her hair is black as jet [00:57.38]Oh her lips are sweet as honey [00:59.93]And her heart is true I know [01:02.65]She's my darling [01:03.93]Little my Filipino baby [01:06.26] [01:29.20]In a little rustic cottage in the port of Filipines [01:33.73] [01:34.30]Dwells a pretty little maiden all alone [01:37.81] [01:39.59]She is thinking of her true love [01:41.91]Though he's far across the sea [01:44.37] [01:44.93]And her heart beats true for him and him alone [01:48.15] [01:49.88]Then one day he whispered [01:52.06]Darling I've come back from Caroline [01:54.52] [01:55.06]I've come back to claim the only girl I love [01:58.62] [02:00.21]And that night there was a wedding [02:02.61]While the ships crew gathered round [02:04.90] [02:05.62]And he wed his little Filipino baby [02:09.01] [02:10.71]She's my Filipino baby [02:13.02]She's my treasure she's my pet [02:15.31] [02:16.09]Her teeth are bright and pearly [02:18.21]And her hair is black as jet [02:20.76]Oh her lips are sweet as honey [02:23.30]And her heart is true I know [02:25.50] [02:26.10]She's my darling [02:27.22]Little my Filipino baby