The English songwriter and playwright Noël Coward referenced the Cap in his song "I Went to a Marvellous Party" from his 1939 revue Set to Music, with the lyric: "Quite for no reason/I'm here for the season/And high as a kite,/Living in error/With Maud at Cap Ferrat/Which couldn't be right..."
ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ sˈɔŋɹaɪɾɚ ænd plˈeɪɹaɪt nˈɑːɛl kˈaʊɚd ɹˈɛfɹənst ðə kˈæp ɪn hɪz sˈɔŋ "aɪ wɛnt tʊ ɐ mˈɑːɹvələs pˈɑːɹɾi" fɹʌm hɪz nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi nˈaɪn ɹᵻvjˈuː sˈɛt tə mjˈuːzɪk, wɪððə lˈɪɹɪk: "kwˈaɪt fɔːɹ nˈoʊ ɹˈiːzən slˈæʃ aɪm hˈɪɹ fɚðə sˈiːzən slˈæʃ ænd hˈaɪ æz ɐ kˈaɪt,slˈæʃ lˈɪvɪŋ ɪn ˈɛɹɚ slˈæʃ wɪð mˈɔːd æt kˈæp fˈɛɹæt slˈæʃ wˌɪtʃ kˌʊdənt biː ɹˈaɪt..."