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On the Road to Mandalay 1907
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Poem Mandalay from Rudyard Kipling’s “Barrack Room Ballads”. A 1907 marching song. Music by Oley Speaks. Published by The John Church Company. • Lyrics • 1. • By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin’ eastward to the sea • There’s a Burma girl a-settin’ and I know she thinks of me • For the wind is in the palm trees, and the temple bells they say • “Come you back, you British soldier, Come you back to Mandalay” • Come you back to Mandalay • Come you back to Mandalay • Where the old Flotilla lay • Can’t you ‘ear their paddles chunkin’ from Rangoon to Mandalay? • On the road to Mandalay • Where the flyin’ fishes play • An’ the dawn comes up like thunder out of China ‘crost the bay • 2. • ‘Er petticoat was yaller, an’ ‘er little cap was green • An’ ‘er name was Su-pi-yaw-lat, jes’ the same as Thee-baw’s queen • An’ I seed her first a-smokin’ of a whackin’ white cheroot • An’ a-wastin’ Christian kisses on a ‘eathen idol’s foot • On a ‘eathen idol’s foot • Bloomin’ idol made o’ mud • What they called the great Gawd Budd • Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed her where she stood • On the road to Mandalay • Where the flyin’ fishes play • An’ the dawn comes up like thunder out of China ‘crost the bay • 3. • Ship me somewheres east of Suez where the best is like the worst • Where there aren’t no Ten Commandments, An’ a man can raise a thirst • For the temple bells are callin’, And it’s there that I would be • By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin’ lazy at the sea • Lookin’ lazy at the sea • Come you back to Mandalay • Where the old Flotilla lay • Can’t you ‘ear their paddles chunkin’ from Rangoon to Mandalay? • On the road to Mandalay • Where the flyin’ fishes play • An’ the dawn comes up like thunder out of China ‘crost the bay • ------------------------------------------------- • Midi sequence by James Pitt-Payne. • Vocal and video by Fred Feild. • The sheet music and midi for this song are at: • https://www.sheetmusicsinger.com/on-t...
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