A fox-trot ballad from 1924
Words and music by Earl Burtnett, Abe Lyman and Gus Arnheim
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Far far away on a sunkissed isle
Lives the one that I adore
Where moonbeams play on the distant bay
There I long to be once more
Strolling ‘neath the oriental moon
Each night you’ll find me for, very soon
Chorus
I’ll sail away to Mandalay
Where the charms of someone’s arms are calling me
And there I know I’ll plan to stay
With the one who’s waiting patiently
Beside a steam where roses dream
I’ll build a nest that’s blest
With love and happiness
I’ll hide away in Mandalay
And for aye I will stay
Far away in Mandalay
- In Mandalay so the poets say
There’s a land where dreams come true
Each night and day since I’ve been away
All have been so sad and blue
Oriental breezes whisper low
Someone’s still waiting that’s why I know