Tubb Ernest - Filipino Baby guitar tab

FILIPINO BABY

Recorded by Ernest Tubb

Writers: Billy Cox and Clarke Van Ness

[C] When the warships left Ma-[C7] nil-a

Sailing [F] proudly o'er the sea,

All the [C] sailor's hearts were [D] filled with fond re-[G7] gret

Looking [C] backward to this is-[C7] land

Where they [F] spent such happy hours

Making [G7] love to every pretty girl they [C] met.

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

Sayin, "Take a look at my gal's photograph"

Then the sailors gathered round him just look upon her face

And he said, "I love my Filipino Baby."

CHORUS

[C] She's my Filipino [C7] baby

She's my [F] treasure and my pet

Her [C] teeth are bright and pearly

And her [D] hair is black as [G7] jet

Oh, her [C] lips are sweet as [C7] honey

And her [F] heart is true I know

She's my [G7] darlin' little Filipino [C] Baby.

In a little rustic cottage in the far off Philippines

Dwells a pretty 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, "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.

CHORUS

Source. ERNEST TUBB's GOLDEN FAVORITES

Adapted from a song written by Charles K. Harris

during the Spanish-American War.