<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> The song is especially known for the line "Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" with which most verses begin and end . </P>

Only.... fools and englishmen go out in the midday sun