By the old moulmein pagoda
Looking eastward to the sea
There's a burma gal a settin'
And I know that she waits for me

And the wind is in those palm trees
And the temple bells they say [bad word] you back you mother soldier [bad word] you back to [bad word] you back to mandalay
 [bad word] you back to mandalay
Where the old flotilla lay
Can't you hear those paddles chonkin'
From rangoon to mandalay

On the road to mandalay
Where the flying fishes play
And the [bad word] up like thunder
Out of china across the bay

Ship me somewhere east of suez
Where the best is like the worst
And there ain't no [bad word] 
And a cat can raise a thirst

And those crazy bells keep ringing
'cause it's there that I long to be
By the egg foo yong pagoda
Looking eastward to the see