On The Road To Mandalay

By the old Moulmein Pagoda

Looking eastward to the sea

There's a Burma broad 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 hear their paddles chonkin'

From Rangoon to Mandalay

On the road to Mandalay

Where the flyin' fishes play

And the dawn comes up like thunder

Out of China 'cross the bay

Ship me somewhere east of Suez

Where the best is like the worst

And there ain't no Ten Commandments

And a cat can raise a thirst

'Cause those crazy bells are callin'

And it's there that I would be

By the old Moulmein Pagoda

Looking lazy at the sea

Looking lazy at the sea

Come you back to Mandalay

Where the old flotilla lay

Can't you hear their paddles chonkin'

From Rangoon to Mandalay

On the road to Mandalay

Where the flyin' fishes play

And the dawn comes up like thunder