Mandalay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCBBBBBB DDCCCCCB ECFFFFFB BBGCHGGB IICCCCCB CCAABBBBBB| 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 |
Rudyard Kipling
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