RAS-2002 — Page 531

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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