Quiet Hours Sessions 08 - Back to Mandalay

Описание: Soft, intimate listening focused on calm melodies, space, and reflection. Part of the Quiet Hours Sessions.

“Back to Mandalay” brings the charm of classic barbershop harmony into a quiet, nostalgic setting. This original English adaptation of a Danish quartet classic tells the story of a soldier longing for the girl he left behind, waiting by the pagoda with her eyes on the sea. Through tight harmonies, gentle swing, and ringing chords, the song captures devotion, distance, and hope held across time.

A warm, reflective vocal piece that celebrates harmony, memory, and the romance of waiting.

Text:
By the grey pagoda standing, with her eyes upon the sea,
She waits for me,
Her heart is calling,
Back to Mandalay, come back to me.

Whisper palms, the temple quiet, bells no longer seem to play,
Calling, softly calling,
Come again, you soldier from England,
Come again to Mandalay.

Come again to Mandalay, down the flotilla’s old red way,
Do you hear the paddles thunder, Rangoon to Mandalay?
Flying fish are dancing free,
Sun breaks like thunder from the sea,
Come again to Mandalay, where the harbor waits for me.

When the rice fields shone with twilight, mist was drifting soft and long,
She played her tune,
With her ukulele strumming,
Kulla lu lu was her song.

Come again to Mandalay, down the flotilla’s old red way,
Do you hear the paddles thunder, Rangoon to Mandalay?
Flying fish are dancing free,
Sun breaks like thunder from the sea,
Come again to Mandalay, where the harbor waits for me.

Take me east of Suez waters, where the first is sometimes last,
Rules are broken, thirst unspoken,
Where the temple bells are ringing,
Calling me back to the past.

Come again to Mandalay, down the flotilla’s old red way,
Do you hear the paddles thunder, Rangoon to Mandalay?
Flying fish are dancing free,
Sun breaks like thunder from the sea,
Come again to Mandalay, where the harbor waits for me.

Come back to Mandalay.

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