“In a jungle town
Where the sun beats down
To the rage of man and beast,
The English garb
Of the English sahib
Merely gets a bit more creased.
In Bangkok
At twelve'o'clock
They foam at the mouth and run,
But mad dogs and Englishmen
Go out in the midday sun.”

—  Noel Coward

Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1930)

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English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer 1899–1973

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