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"Mandalay" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling, written and published in 1890, and first collected in Barrack-Room Ballads, and Other Verses in 1892. The poem is set in colonial Burma , then part of British India .
Mandalay. By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea, There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' 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,
May 13, 2011 · By the old Moulmein Pagoda, looking lazy at the sea; On the road to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay, With our sick beneath the awnings when we went to Mandalay! On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin'-fishes play, An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
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Mandalay Rudyard Kipling. By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea, There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' 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!"
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By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea, / There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me; / For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells.
Rudyard Kipling. Mandalay. BY THE old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin’ lazy at the sea, There’s a Burma girl a—settin’, and I know she thinks o’ 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, Where the old Flotilla lay:
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Mandalay. By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea, There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' 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!"
