Mandalay



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

 * Back to Port Blair, and onward to Rangoon Athirst for war news; and we heard full soon The loud salute resounding through the bay For Theebaw caught and taken Mandalay.
 * Thomas Frank Bignold, "The Holiday", Leviora (1888), p. 72


 * 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", st. 1 (1890); adapted and set to music by : "On the Road to Mandalay" (1907)


 * 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" (2010)


 * 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.
 * Blackmore's Night, "Way to Mandalay" (2003)


 * When I was young and had no sense In far-off Mandalay I lost my heart to a Burmese girl  As lovely as the day.
 * George Orwell, "Romance", st. 1 (1925)