By the old Moulmein Pagoda
Looking Eastward to the sea
There's a Burma broad a-settin'
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 British soldier
Come you back to Mandalay
Come you back to Mandalay'

Come you back to Mandalay
Where the old Flotilla lay
Can't you hear their paddles chonkin'
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 just like the worst
And there ain't no Ten Commandments
And a guy, he can raise a thirst

And those crazy bells keep ringing
'Cause it's there that I long to be
By the moon made pagoda
Lookin' eastward to the sea
Lookin' eastward to the sea

Come you back to Mandalay
Where the old Flotilla lay
Can't you hear their paddles chonkin'
From Rangoon to Mandalay, ooh

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