We've a
task on hand demanding all our
diplomatic pow'rs,
We must civilize the Philippines,
you know;
Since our Uncle Sam, with gleaming
sword has captured them for ours,
We must civilize the Philippines,
you know.
Not a counrty 'neath the Stars and
Stripes in heathendom must lie,
We will shortly have them civilized
or know the reason why;
Oh, with missionary fervor is our
nation's heart aglow,
We must civilize the Philippines,
you know.
Chorus
for Mixed Voices (for chorus for
Male Voices, turn a leaf.)
Come on! come on! come on! come
on! The Philippines are ours,
Come on! come on! come on! come
on! We'll show the other
pow'rs,
The glory of our Stars and Strips,
so abroad we'll go,
To civilize the Philippines,
you know
the Philippines, you know.
They
are semi-savage now, but we will
show them what they need,
We must civilize the Philippines,
you know;
There'll be sure to be a harvest
when we once have sown the seed,
We must civilize the Philippines you
know.
We will send our civilization to
them o'er the ocean wide,
She will lift them up and teach
them, to our boundless joy and
pride,
And the blessings of enlightenment
shall round about them flow,
As we civilize the Philippines, you
know.
Chorus
But
our civilization's married; she is
now the bride of rum;
So he'll have to go along with her,
you know;
'Twas a dreadful misalliance, but
you see it had to come,
There was so much money in it, don't
you know?
O, she loathes him! she abhors him!
and she mourns the selfish greed
Of the ones who bound her to him;
but she's bound to him indeed,
And she finds he won't be left
behind, not e'en to let her go
Out to civilize the Philippines, you
know.
Chorus
Those
whom God hath joined together let no
mortal put apart,
But all matches are not made in
heav'n, you know;
And this marriage bond was welded
down in sheol's very heart,
Blessed be the pow'r that severs it,
I trow.
So rally, Prohibitionists, and with
united force,
Compel this bridegroom to agree to
writings of divorce;
And then, with conscience clear and
free, in all good faith we'll go
Forth to civilize the Philippines,
you know.
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