This is one of the numbers I wrote for show Casablanca The Musical:
Casablanca The Musical by Magnolia Thunderpussy, Actor’s Workshop, 18 September 2001
It is an adaptation of one of my most successful NewsRevue lyrics, Mad Frogs And Englishmen, which was about the Bosnian War. That will be Ogblogged in the fullness of time.
Anyway, here is the version for Casablanca The Musical:
MAD FROGS AND ENGLISHMEN – WW2 RESISTANCE VERSION
(Song to the Tune of “Mad Dogs and Englishmen”)
VERSE 1
In Moroccan climbs these are torrid times these days,
Where Vichy generals conspire to hang around in strange attire;
This Second World War has the Nazi’s cause affray,
And any wise guy with a bar is not prepared to serve those la-di-das all day.
Ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tat – its just machine gun fire, ignore it, dig-a-dig-a-dig-a-dig-a-do;
We make Jerry irate and the Vichy hate our guts, cos we resistance types are definitely nuts.
CHORUS 1
Mad Frogs and Englishmen resist the advancing Hun,
Norwegians didn’t care to, Italians wouldn’t dare to;
The loss via the cross fire cannot be described as fun
But French and English weirdos are heros;
In Marrakesh when getting fresh the Gaullists run amok,
Down in Sofi the Berber’s trophy is a Gestapo troop’s left bollock;
In Rabat, the bureaucrats ensure no more work gets done,
While mad Frogs and Englishmen resist the advancing Hun.
CHORUS 2
Mad Frogs and Englishmen resist the advancing Hun,
Morocco is a posting where Germans get a roasting,
The local blokes sell fancy smokes, so black, red and gold get done,
The Free French all say Oui for a reefer;
In Tangiers the local queers like Nazis in uniform,
In Meknes and also Fes they write code in cuneiform;
In Casablanca,
No Nazi wanker,
Will stop us from having fun,
So mad Frogs and Englishmen resist the advancing, pissed the advancing, hissed the advancing, kissed the advancing, missed the advancing, dissed the advancing, fist the advancing Hun.
Here is a vid of Noel Coward singing Mad Dogs and Englishmen