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By the old Moulmein Pagoda lookin' eastward to the sea	A
There's a Burma girl a settin' and I know she thinks o' me	A
For the wind is in the palm trees and the temple bells they say	B
quot Come you back you British soldier come you back to Mandalay quot	C
Come you back to Mandalay	B
Where the old Flotilla lay	B
Can't you 'ear their paddles chunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay	B
On the road to Mandalay	B
Where the flyin' fishes play	B
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay	B
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'Er petticoat was yaller an' 'er little cap was green	D
An' 'er name was Supi yaw lat jes' the same as Theebaw's Queen	D
An' I seed her first a smokin' of a whackin' white cheroot	C
An' a wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen idol's foot	C
Bloomin' idol made o'mud	C
Wot they called the Great Gawd Budd	C
Plucky lot she cared for idols when I kissed 'er where she stud	C
On the road to Mandalay	B
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When the mist was on the rice fields an' the sun was droppin' slow	E
She'd git 'er little banjo an' she'd sing quot Kulla lo lo quot	C
With 'er arm upon my shoulder an' 'er cheek agin' my cheek	F
We useter watch the steamers an' the hathis pilin' teak	F
Elephints a pilin' teak	F
In the sludgy squdgy creek	F
Where the silence 'ung that 'eavy you was 'arf afraid to speak	F
On the road to Mandalay	B
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But that's all shove be'ind me long ago an' fur away	B
An' there ain't no 'busses runnin' from the Bank to Mandalay	B
An' I'm learnin' 'ere in London what the ten year soldier tells	G
quot If you've 'eard the East a callin' you won't never 'eed naught else quot	C
No you won't 'eed nothin' else	H
But them spicy garlic smells	G
An' the sunshine an' the palm trees an' the tinkly temple bells	G
On the road to Mandalay	B
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I am sick o' wastin' leather on these gritty pavin' stones	I
An' the blasted Henglish drizzle wakes the fever in my bones	I
Tho' I walks with fifty 'ousemaids outer Chelsea to the Strand	C
An' they talks a lot o' lovin' but wot do they understand	C
Beefy face an' grubby 'and	C
Law wot do they understand	C
I've a neater sweeter maiden in a cleaner greener land	C
On the road to Mandalay	B
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Ship me somewheres east of Suez where the best is like the worst	C
Where there aren't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst	C
For the temple bells are callin' an' it's there that I would be	A
By the old Moulmein Pagoda looking lazy at the sea	A
On the road to Mandalay	B
Where the old Flotilla lay	B
With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay	B
On the road to Mandalay	B
Where the flyin' fishes play	B
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay	B

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