Ma Filipino Babe 1899

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 2Jan2025
2025

On a war boat from Manila
steaming proudly o'er the foam,
there were many sailors' hearts
filled with regret;
Gazing backwards at the Islands
where they'd spent such happy days,
making love to ev'ry pretty girl they met.
When up spoke a colored sailor lad
with bright eyes all aglow.
"just take a look at ma gal's photograph."
How the white crew laughed
and chaffed him,
when her shiny face they saw,
but he said:
"I love ma Filipino Baby,

She's ma Filipino Baby,
she's my treasure and ma pet,
there's ma yaller girl that's dearer,
though her face is black as jet;
For her lips are sweet as honey,
and her heart is pure I know;
She's ma pretty black faced
Filipino Baby."

In a little rustic cottage
in the far off Philipines,
sits a little black faced
maiden all alone;
waiting for her sailor lover,
though he's black as black can be.
Yet she loves him and her heart
for him does yearn.
Suddenly she hears his dear voice,
as he cries out "Caroline,
I've come back to the only gal I love."
And that night there was a wedding,
all the ship's crew gathered there,
when he wedded his black Filipino Baby.

She's ma Filipino Baby,
she's my treasure and ma pet,
there's mo yaller girl that's dearer,
though her face is black as jet;
For her lips are sweet as honey,
and her heart is pure I know;
She's ma pretty black faced
Filipino Baby."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ma Filipino Babe 1899
Lyrics & Music by Chas.K.Harris
Arranged by Jos. Clauder
© MDCCCXIX by Chas.K.Harris
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 2 January 2025 at 15.25
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James Pitt-Payne