- The document summarizes the origins and lyrics of the song "No te Vayas de Zamboanga" ("Don't Leave Zamboanga"). - The song was composed by Juan Cuadrado Sr., a Spaniard who stayed in Zamboanga after the Spanish troops left the Philippines. He married a local woman and had children. - Though not a musician, Cuadrado expressed his feelings of not wanting to leave his love through the song. - The lyrics tell of a man pleading with his love not to leave Zamboanga as he would forget her, and that he couldn't be without her. He promises to return and write to her using a feather and