Mandalay

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

  1. 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

  1. 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