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"Don't Let's Be Beastly To The Germans" is a satirical song composed by Noël Coward in 1943 during
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. Although popular when performed live (British prime minister
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demanded several encores when he first heard it) the humour did not translate well over the wireless and caused some fuss, leading the
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to ban the song.''The Guardian'', Friday 12 April 200
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The refrain is: ::Don't let's be beastly to the Germans ::When our victory is ultimately won, ::It was just those nasty Nazis who persuaded them to fight ::And their
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and
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are really far worse than their bite ::Let's be meek to them ::And
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to them ::And try to bring out their latent sense of fun. ::Let's give them full
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::And treat the rats with charity, ::But don't let's be beastly to the Hun.


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