| 词条 | Run Rabbit Run |
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"Run Rabbit Run" is a song written by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler. The music was by Noel Gay and the song was originally sung by Flanagan and Allen. BackgroundThis song was written for Noel Gay's show The Little Dog Laughed, which opened on 11 October 1939, at a time when most of the major London theatres were closed. It was a popular song during World War II, especially after Flanagan and Allen changed the lyrics to poke fun at the Germans (e.g. Run Adolf, Run Adolf, Run, Run, Run........) On the farm, every Friday On the farm, it's rabbit pie day. So, every Friday that ever comes along, I get up early and sing this little song Run rabbit – run rabbit – Run! Run! Run! Run rabbit – run rabbit – Run! Run! Run! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Goes the farmer's gun. Run, rabbit, run, rabbit, run. Run rabbit – run rabbit – Run! Run! Run! Don't give the farmer his fun! Fun! Fun! He'll get by Without his rabbit pie So run rabbit – run rabbit – Run! Run! Run! The lyrics were used as a defiant dig at the allegedly ineffectual Luftwaffe. On 13 November 1939, soon after the outbreak of the Second World War and also soon after the song was premiered, Germany launched its first air raid on Britain, on flying boats that were sheltering in Sullom Voe, Shetland. Two rabbits were supposedly killed by a bomb drop, although it is suggested that they were in fact procured from a butchers' shop and used for publicity purposes.[1][2] Walter H. Thompson's TV biography I Was Churchill's Bodyguard rates the song as Winston Churchill's favourite as Prime Minister; also, Jock Colville, Churchill's private secretary during much of the war, mentions the Prime Minister singing part of this song.[3]In popular culture
References1. ^"The event made headline news across Britain and a photograph was taken of a man holding two dead rabbits at the site of the crater. The rabbits came from a butcher shop in Lerwick. The story popularised the song Run, Rabbit, Run, which was seen as a skit on the ineffectiveness of the German air force (Luftwaffe)." Photo Number NE02730, Bomb crater, 13th Nov 1939, at photos.shetland-museum.org.uk Accessed 7 January 2017 2. ^"The idea that the popular song "Run, Rabbit, Run" commemorated it is nonsense." /comparing dates of song and bomb/ Photo Number 02963, Bomb Crater, November 1939, at photos.shetland-museum.org.uk Accessed 7 January 2017 3. ^Hickman, Tom: Churchill's Bodyguard: The Authorised Biography of Walter H Thompson. Headline Book Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN|0-7553-1448-4}} 4. ^{{cite news|last1=Edelstein|first1=David|title=Jordan Peele’s Get Out Is Terrifying, Socially Conscious Horror|url=http://www.vulture.com/2017/02/movie-review-jordan-peele-get-out.html|accessdate=27 May 2017|work=Vulture|date=23 February 2017|language=en}} 5. ^{{https://youtu.be/ttZmwvCfhu4|title=Bugs Bunny & Elmer Fudd Weetabix advert}} 6 : 1939 songs|Songs from musicals|Songs with music by Noel Gay|Songs with lyrics by Ralph Butler|Max Bygraves songs|Flanagan and Allen songs |
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