Mad Dogs and Englishmen-Danny Kaye

[ti:Mad Dogs And Englishmen] [ar:Danny Kaye] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Danny Kaye [00:08.58]In Tropical climes there are certain times of day [00:11.03] [00:11.98]When all the citizens retire [00:14.16]To take their clothes off and perspire [00:16.37]It's one of those rules the greatest fools obey [00:18.72] [00:19.91]Because the Sun is far too [00:21.76]Sultry and one must avoid it's ultry-violet [00:24.03] [00:24.54]Papalaka-papalaka-papalaka-boo [00:26.45]Papalaka-papalaka-papalaka-boo [00:27.95] [00:28.58]Digariga-digariga-digariga-doo [00:30.37]Digariga-digariga-digariga-doo [00:32.57]The natives grieve [00:33.52]The English leave their huts [00:35.02] [00:35.76]Because they're obviously [00:37.47]Definitely nuts [00:38.65] [00:40.49]Mad dogs and Englishmen [00:42.39]Go out in the midday sun [00:43.84] [00:44.39]The Japanese don't care to [00:46.32]The Chinese wouldn't dare to [00:48.32]Hindus and Argentines sleep [00:50.64]Firmly from twelve till one [00:52.35]But Englishmen detest a siesta [00:56.22]In the Philippines there are lovely screens [00:58.26]To protect you from the glare [00:59.40] [01:00.04]In the Malay states there are hats like plates [01:02.06]Which the Britishers won't wear [01:03.44] [01:03.99]At twelve noon the natives swoon and [01:06.29]No further work is done [01:07.82]But Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun [01:11.37] [01:25.39]It's such a surprise for the Eastern eyes to see [01:28.10] [01:28.88]That though the English are effete [01:30.99]They're quite impervious to heat [01:32.61] [01:33.31]When the white man rides every native hides in glee [01:35.63] [01:36.84]Because the simple creatures hope he will [01:39.55]Impale his solar topee on a tree [01:41.79]Bolybolybolybolybolybolybaa [01:42.95] [01:43.49]Bolybolybolybolybolybolybaa [01:45.52]Habaninnyhabaninnyhabaninnyhaa [01:47.40]Habaninnyhabaninnyhabaninnyhaa [01:48.36] [01:53.41]Mad Dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun [01:57.27]The toughest Burmese bandit can never understand it [02:01.07]In Rangoon the heat of noon is just what the natives shun [02:04.55] [02:05.06]They put their scotch or rye down and lie down [02:08.81]In the jungle town where the sun beats down [02:11.13]There is peace from twelve till two [02:12.96]Even caribous lie down and snooze [02:15.13]For there's nothing else to do [02:17.05]In Bengal mangrove swamps where the python romps [02:20.18] [02:20.74]But mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday [02:24.01]Out in the midday out in the midday sun