Mad Dogs And Englishmen 歌词
Mad Dogs And Englishmen - Danny Kaye
In Tropical climes there
Are certain times of day
When all the citizens retire
To take their clothes off and perspire
It's one of those rules
The greatest fools obey
Because the Sun is far too sultry
And one must avoid its ultry-violet
Rays
The natives grieve when the
White Men leave their huts
Because they're obviously
Definitely nuts
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun
The Japanese don't care to
The Chinese wouldn't dare to
Hindus and Argentines sleep
Firmly from twelve till one
But Englishmen detest a siesta
In the Philippines
They have lovely screens
To protect you from the
Glare
In the Malay States
There are hats like plates
Which the Britishers
Won't wear
At twelve noon the natives swoon
And no further work is done
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun
It's such a surprise
For the Eastern eyes to see
That though the English are effete
They're quite impervious to heat
When the White Man rides
Every native hides in glee
Because the simple creatures hope
He will impale his solar topi on a tree
Mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun
The toughest Burmese bandit
In Rangoon the heat of noon
Is just what the natives shun
They put their Scotch or
Rye down and lie down
In a jungle town where
The Sun beats down
To the rage of man and beast
The English garb
Of the English Sahib merely
Gets a bit more creased
In Bangkok at twelve o'clock
They foam at the mouth and run
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday
Go out in the midday
Go out in the midday sun