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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 they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!" - Rudyard Kipling

Mandalay (/ˌmændəˈleɪ/ or /ˈmændəleɪ/; Burmese: မန္တလေး; MLCTS: manta.le: [màɴdəlé]) is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma). Located 716 km (445 mi) north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).

Quotes

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  • Back to Port Blair, and onward to Rangoon
    Athirst for war news; and we heard full soon
    The loud salute resounding through the bay
    For Theebaw caught and taken 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!"
  • Mountains of Burma, the road to Mandalay
    In the mountains of Burma, light years away...
  • Come back I'd like to find the time
    Plant a seed and raise a little Cain
    Come back we'll throw a rope around the moon
    And pretend that we're in Mandalay Again
    • Elton John, with Leon Russell, "Mandalay Again" (2010)
  • And the road goes on
    Seeming ever longer on the way to Mandalay
    And the road goes on
    Forever will I wander on the way to Mandalay.
  • When I was young and had no sense
      In far-off Mandalay
    I lost my heart to a Burmese girl
      As lovely as the day.
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