<P> `` Mad Dogs and Englishmen '' is a song written by Noël Coward and first performed in The Third Little Show at the Music Box Theatre , New York , on 1 June 1931 , by Beatrice Lillie . The following year it was used in the revue Words and Music and also released in a `` studio version '' . It then became a signature feature in Coward 's cabaret act . </P>
<P> `` Mad Dogs and Englishmen '' is a song written by Noël Coward and first performed in The Third Little Show at the Music Box Theatre , New York , on 1 June 1931 , by Beatrice Lillie . The following year it was used in the revue Words and Music and also released in a `` studio version '' . It then became a signature feature in Coward 's cabaret act . </P>
who said mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun
who said mad dogs and englishmen go out in the midday sun
Noël Coward
Noël Coward