Where does the song Run Rabbit Run originate from?

Question

I've looked around online and have seen a link saying it was sung about Hitler in the second world war, but I think that's a different version of the original...

Run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, run.
Here comes the farmer with his gun, gun, gun.
Bang, bang, bang, bang goes the farmer’s gun,
So run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, 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

Anyone know where this originates from?

Thanks!

Answer 1

This song was written for Noel Gay's show 'The Little Dog Laughed' which opened on 11th 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 (eg. Run Adolf, Run Adolf, 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

Answer 2

Run Rabbit Run Song

Answer 3

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Where does the song Run Rabbit Run originate from?

I've looked around online and have seen a link saying it was sung about Hitler in the second world war, but I think that's a different version of the original...



Run rabbit, run rabbit, run, run, run.

Here comes the farmer with his gun, gun, gun.

Bang, bang, bang, bang goes the...

Answer 4

It was a song from a 1939 show by Flanagan and Allen, soon after this it was used to deride the Luftwaffe, who's first air raid killed, allegedly, only two rabbits.

Answer 5

This song was written by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler and sung by Flannagan and Allen. It was very popular during the second world war.

It was allegedly a dig at the German Luftwaffe.