Mandalay

By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' eastward to the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
"Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!" - Rudyard Kipling

Mandalay (/ˌmændəˈleɪ/ or /ˈmændəleɪ/; Burmese: မန္တလေး; MLCTS: manta.le: [màɴdəlé]) is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma). Located 716 km (445 mi) north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).

Quotes

• By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
  There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
  For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say:
  "Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"
  • Rudyard Kipling, Mandalay.

• Mountains of Burma, the road to Mandalay
  In the mountains of Burma, light years away...
  • Midnight Oil - Mountains Of Burma (1990)

• Come back I'd like to find the time
  Plant a seed and raise a little Cain
  Come back we'll throw a rope around the moon
  And pretend that we're in Mandalay Again
  • Elton John (with Leon Russell) "Mandalay Again"

• And the road goes on
  Seeming ever longer on the way to Mandalay
  And the road goes on
  Forever will I wander on the way to Mandalay
  • Way To Mandalay by Blackmore's Night