My Filipino Rose Lyrics - Hank Snow

The postman dropped a letter in my door 

The address wasn't plain, but I could see 

It had traveled far across the great Pacific 

From my Filipino Rose across the sea 

The writing from her tremblin' hand was blurred 

The paper, it was badly stained with tears 

It read, They tell me you have wed another 

After I have longed and waited all these years 

(Chorus) 

But I'm still prayin' that the trade winds 

Send you sailin' across the blue 

In my harbor I've dreamed you'll anchor 

Where your lonely Filipino waits for you 

I promised her that I'd return some day 

I told her she'd 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've watched the driftwood float on by 

I've watched the sea roll on its weary way 

I've watched the silver sails out on the ocean 

Hopin' you might return to me someday 

The chains of love may never set you free 

But thru the years, as mem'ries fonder grow 

This broken heart will always wait for you, dear 

It was signed, Your lonely Filipino Rose 

(Repeat Chorus)