When I lived in England for a year, 15 years ago, I found that the elephant was very big, image-wise, in the culture of England, left over from the occupation of India. Anyway. I remeber a children's song that was about "nelly the Elephant" and how she packed her trunk, left the circus and went back to Mandalay. I loved the name Mandalay and my son & I would sing the song together.
I suppose this is a roundabout way to explain the name of this piece.
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