Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing,
Onward! the sailors cry;
Carry the lad that's born to be King
Over the sea to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!!!!
Jo Walton writes:
Weddings more dangerous than battles: It’s as if the Young Pretender had gone off in 1749 and conquered Burma. It’s an interesting story, but...
Now that is a story that it would be fun to read...