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By the old moulmein pagoda |
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Looking eastward to the sea |
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There's a burma gal a settin' |
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And I know that she waits for me |
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And the wind is in those palm trees |
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And the temple bells they say |
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Come you back you mother soldier |
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Come you back to mandalay, come you back to mandalay |
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Come you back to mandalay |
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Where the old flotilla lay |
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I can here those paddles chonkin' |
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From rangoon to mandalay |
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On the road to mandalay |
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Where the flying fishes play |
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And the dawn comes up like thunder |
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Out of china across the bay |
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Ship me somewhere east of suez |
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Where the best is like the worst |
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And there ain't no ten commandments |
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And a cat can raise a thirst |
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And those crazy bells keep ringing |
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'cause it's there that I long to be |
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By the egg foo yong pagoda |
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Looking eastward to the see |
