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Quotes from Mad Dogs and Englishmen — Noël Coward

1899–1973 England

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In Hong Kong
They strike a gong
And fire off a noonday gun
To reprimand
Each inmate
Who's in late.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

It seems such a shame
When the English claim
The Earth,
That they give rise
To such hilarity
And mirth.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

It's such a surprise
For Eastern eyes
To see,
That though the English are effete,
They're quite impervious to heat.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

In Bengal,
To move at all
Is seldom if ever done.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

The natives grieve
When the white men leave
Their huts.
Because they're obviously,
Definitely
Nuts.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

In Rangoon
The heat of noon
Is just what the natives shun,
They put their Scotch
Or Rye down
And lie down.

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Noël Coward (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.