ON THE ROAD TO MANDALAY
Rudyard Kipling (l) 1892 Oley Speaks (m) 1907

as recorded by Frank Sinatra 
with Orchestra conducted by
 Antonio Morelli (live) 
 November 5th 1961 
 Las Vegas

also recorded by -
Ben Selvin & his Orchestra '24
Peter Dawson '32
Lawrence Tibbett with Nat Shilkret & his Orchestra '35
Nelson Eddy (radio) '37
Bing Crosby with Jack Halloran's Orchestra & Chorus '58
Owen Brannigan
Frank Croxton


By the Old Moon Main Pagoda,
Lookin' eastward to the sea,
There's a Burma broad a-sittin',
And I know she's got a yen for me!

And the wind is in those palm trees,
And the temple bells, they say,
"Come you back, you crazy soldier,
Come you back to Mandalay!".

Come you back to Mandalay
Where the old flotilla way;
Can't you hear their paddles chunkin'
>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, he can raise a thirst!

And those crazy bells, still ringin',
'Cause it's there that I long to be,
By the Egg Foo Yong Pagoda
Lookin' eastward to the sea,
Lookin' eastward - to the sea.

Ah, come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old flotilla lay;
Can't you hear their paddles chunkin'
>From Rangoon to Mandalay?

On the road to Mandalay
Where the flyin' fishes play,
And the dawn comes up like thunder.

note - The Kipling family disapproved of Sinatra's recording - 
amongst other things I guess the use of "broad" in line v3 didn't help!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2013)