When the warship left 
Manila headin' out across the sea 
All the sailors hearts were filled with fond regret 
Looking backward to the islands where they 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 girl'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 And she's my darling little 
Filipino baby [ steel ] 
In a little rustic cottage in the far off 
Phillipines 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 And that night there was a wedding while the ships crew gathered round 
And he wed his little 
Filipino baby 
And she's my little 
Filipino baby...