I know
you
had some jolly times in the bar,
but
you didn't play dice,
the Bhutanese vice,
even in noisy Mongar !
So Brian - we thank you for taking us there,
and bringing us back, all safe and secure.
With lots of felicitous tips from your wife,
you took us to Bhutan - and gave us a life!
So goodbye to Trongsa and Wangdi Phodrang,
and Trashigang Yangtse, and others spelt wrong
by putting an "r" in that doesn't belong.
We've loved being with you, but now we must go
back to our own houses in Shamshuipo,
or Shanghai, or London; wherever we live.
We've all deeply drunk of the spirit you give,
So goodbye to Thimpu, Bumthang, Bumtaling,
and those other Bhutanese place-names that ring
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