Run Rabbit Run - Flanagan & Allen

[blobta12]

remember this song when I was 2 year old on the wireless born 1948 first time ive heard this in dont know how many year Along time

[Jujuheizer]

SO 1930S AND 1940S

[anisashah1]

I love world war 2 songs

[joe01zorn]

Never heard it before, and one of the cutest I've heard in years!

[carcleaningguy]

I love this song. I am going to sing it at half time tonight during the super bowl.

[dmxezz]

This song reminds me of good old cartoons.

I think everything was better back than. With everything I really mean everything. Food, Cartoons, Music, movies

[chikispirit]

Don't you just love the harmony? :)

[xDFoRcEzZ]

Eminem is better

[rainbowheydrich]

@xDFoRcEzZ No.

[HMSDevere72]

I congratulate all those who stood against Hitler or were forced to comply with his orders, I give you my thanks and my condolences to any loss.

[rorrt]

The 3 people disliking this video must have been Hitler, Himmler, and Goebbels.

I personally love this song, its still a fantastic catchy tune even now!

[superturkeylegs]

My grandpa was on Pearl Harbor when it was bombed.He's still alive. He was only about six. But the poor guy has Parkinson's Disease. He can barely get up after sitting down. :(

[vunix1234567890]

@superturkeylegs I'm sorry to hear that

[azizbhai]

@superturkeylegs not trying to offend, i just dont understand, but if he has parkinsons how did he have your parent?

[russell1818]

I remember hearing this song on the radio when I was a kid. It was one of my favourites.

[darthlleyr]

Thumbs up if Top Gear's MG ZT 260 brought you here!

[chinkyirish]

lovely memories Thank you

[SuperILoveGymnastics]

Love it, its reall funny at school we all do rabbit ears and teeth forour ww2 tea party dance <3<3

[CarlylovesJack1]

good 'ole wartime songs!

[billygoat4306]

fuck this is the creepiest song in existence. I sort of like it...

[RetroFarmer69]

Like if winning the war brought you hear.

[MissMockingjay]

i luvz dis song

[runningonreserve]

Anyone else here because they heard this song on Top Gear? no? just me then.....

[ClubbyClubman]

@runningonreserve That's why I'm here as well! MG ZT 260 review!

[runningonreserve]

@ClubbyClubman well then you will love this site... (if you haven't heard of it already that is). Just google "Top Gear Whats that song"... the first link takes you to a forum that lists all the songs by episode and season and minutes into each episode too...

[ClubbyClubman]

@runningonreserve That's actually how I found this song!!!

[MrsChloeJLS]

im hear bcoz of JLS

[cool1steven2]

as a rabbit i think this song is rasist lol

[TheGummyBox]

This song is so scary D:!

[debowiec3]

This was in 'Dad's Army', as well as in 'Two men go to war'....brilliant film...innit!!

[crazyclarinetplayer]

Everyone sings it on the school playground, tho this version's better

[safiaOuahabi]

I love this song it was was stuck in my head for ages!!!!!!!

[TheDavephillips]

Brings back loads of memories when England was a better place despite the hardships (rationing etc). Bunnies used to come in very handy in a pie, still do.

[123chelseajane]

This song makes me laugh!:L

[CATHERINEDAVIES123]

reminds me of my childhood  ahhhh

[CATHERINEDAVIES123]

bang bang bang goes the farmers gun...cruelty to animals...lol

[corriefan12]

1 like and I Will sing this at 2:30 am

[corriefan12]

Run rabbit (run)

the dog's will get you

Run rabbit run-

you gotta get away

[rjellcome]

this song sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[attaat]

@rjellcome So do you!

[corriefan12]

10 likes and i'll sing it to my Grandad

50 Likes and i'll sing it to my Mum and Dad

100 Likes and i'll sing it to my class

250 likes and i'll sing it to Britain

10000 LIKES AND I WILL SCREAM IN CLASS

[abhiginimav]

@corriefan12how about some dislikes so you can shut the fuck up and stop thumb whoring...

[richard250856]

ding dong dong

[corriefan12]

I LOVE RADIO CATS IN FACT WE HAVE SOME OF THEM

[xuizo1]

Run Hagrid, Run Hagrid, Run, Run, Run

Now your hair is to long, long, long

[corriefan12]

long live FLANAGAN AND ALLEN

[kaiserliam]

Silly rabbit didn't listen to the song. Just finished my rabbit stew... *belches*

[corriefan12]

when we did our WWII Play in March 30th i was an old man and i was the music techian and we played RUN RABBIT RUN AND I WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO KNEW WHO SUNG IT OUT OF 60 CHILDREN

[bobo577]

This plays in a Dad's Army documentary.

[tadavid1999]

my teacher has this on a cd and she plays it when were doing about wwii

[peterhull1]

ww2



[TheScottster123]

the reason im looking for this is for school and its a cool song great job

[INDYOSKARS]

This song was sung by Chester Goode of Dodge City,

in part or in whole in a number of Gunsmoke episodes:

[INDYOSKARS]

RUN RABBIT RUN

[INDYOSKARS]

Run rabbit run,

the dog's will get you.

Run rabbit run -

you gotta get away.

[INDYOSKARS]

Oh, the rabbit ran.

The rabbit flew.

The rabbit tore

Its tail in two.

[INDYOSKARS]

This song was sung by Chester Goode of Dodge City, in part or in whole in a number of Gunsmoke episodes: RUN RABBIT RUN Run rabbit (run) the dog's will get you. Run rabbit run - you gotta get away. Run rabbit run, the dog's will get you. Run rabbit run - you gotta get away. Oh, the rabbit ran. The rabbit flew. The rabbit tore Its tail in two.

[rexana]

OH GOD THE MEMORIES!

My Gampie would always sing this when he was driving me and my little sister to their house up in Norfolk - I remember he started when we were driving through this little country lane with trees and bushes on either side and he said, "There's rabbits in there, you know? Run, rabbit run, rabbit run, run, run..."

And he would sing it every time we drove down that little lane. :)

[2011chatterbox]

omg i was singing to my rabbit it did not look to pleased with me

[CoffeeChicken]

Rabbit pie sounds great right now.

[xsammyxluv]

i learnt it when i went on a skool trip it was so fun untill the next day :'(

[TheRealAlyJ]

Run Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run Run Run! Bang. Bang! BANG! Goes the farmers gun. So, RUN rabbit! RUN RABBIT! Run Run RUN! I first saw these lyrics in a book, I had no idea it was a song that sounded so.... Cheery. It's awesome.

[jojo2mag]

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! You wouldn't have tHe old version of Little Red Caboose would you? It was "Sparky" and some orchestra. Can not find it.

[maxthevid]

Lovely , great , not many of us left now who sat in front of a cats whisker listening to, the personification of LONDONERS,

[blissyMcc]

classic lol best oldie

[xxSarahGardinerxx]

Love this song, best world war II one, x]

[billyf161]

this was winstons churchils favirate song

[INDYOSKARS]

@billyf161

Good Ole Winnie had Good Taste I must say, Jolly Good.

[SuperMelvin89]

:D

[kingbleah]

watch?v=SVdoZNxtL8k

run jappy run run run

[cakequeen97]

im probably the youngest person to watch this at 13, we had to sing this in my year 5 performance, it was fun!

[mel1001]

This song was written for Noel Gay's show 'The little Dog Laughed' which opened in October 1939. Nothing to do with food shortages during the war - it was written before the war began. The song, however, was very popular during the war.

[CaptBonnet]

I first heard this song at the Imperial War Museum in London, England. Finally found it by searching Google then YouTube. Thanks for posting.

[MrGreglaw]

Brilliant song. I have a few oldies in my upload, have a look!

[toon10001]

yay radio cats

[punkrockprincessgals]

@toon10001 lol

[Eddy2730]

@toon10001 I didn't mean to dislike that comment! I clicked on the 'thumbs down' icon by mistake! Many apologies!

[19smokey19]

great song, is this a pow song, the rabbit the prisnor farmer the nazi ? when most went over the wire...just a though ...

[TheAnn2shoes]

@19smokey19  Actually the song was about the food shortages in the war, when people poached rabbits etc. to get more meat, as it was rationed, along with most other things. But an interesting assumption about POW's/

[ChromaAurora]

Makes you feel proud to be British.

[stlparkour14]

Wat a tune

[softandloud]

I am looking for them singing, Strolling, just Strolling. Anyone know where I can find it please ?

[memeume3]

Run Adolf, Run Adolf, Run, Run, Run,

Now that the fun has begun, gun, gun;

P'raps you'll just allow us to explain,

What we did once, - we can do again.

We're making shells by the ton, ton, ton.

We've got the men and the mon, mon, mon.

Poor old soul, - you'll need a rabbit-hole, -

So, run Adolf, run Adolf, run, run, run.

[mangalover0149]

Ah.. I remember when in year 3 my class learnt this song and more songs from WW2. This was my fave and still is.

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

[steinwaygrande1]

My father had this on one of his old 78 RPM records. To get me to sleep he brought out the wind up gramophone and play and sing along to this until I was dead to the world. Ah those were the days

[TheAnn2shoes]

Dad sung this to me, I sung it to my kids and now I sing it to my grandchildren!

[NunsNBagels]

I love vintage music like this.

[Eddy2730]

@NunsNBagels So do I. Who cares if I'm in my twenties!

[NunsNBagels]

@Eddy2730 Vintage music will always be cool. Screw hipster stuff!

[hedgehoggy147]

this song may be old, but I find it catchy.

[MegaKoolChic]

this song may be old. but it is enjoyable. LOL!

[MegaKoolChic]

this song may be old. but i like the tune

[Thunderdome616]

Tune!

[lenihar]

grandad sings this

[pinksing1234]

my nan loves this song she all ways sing this song in the house

[rogstaff]

I loved the cats!!

[natalieconnelly]

My Grandad always used to sing this to me when I was younger everytime I hear it I cant help but smile, Reminds me of him.. Rest In Peace Grandad you where the best! Love you with ALL my heart.xxxxx

[rafhenlow]

Simpler times. I remember hearing this as a child with 'Uncle Mac' childrens fav's. Then again, I was brought up listening to F&A. Loved them then, still do.

[hilbert42]

WWII anecdote on "Run Rabbit Run" In Nov 1942 the Australian General/Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey during parade accused his brave and battered troops who'd just held back the Jap war machine in New Guinea of "running like rabbits" to appease US General Douglas MacArthur. So incensed were the troops that many cocked their rifles and its said he was lucky to escape with his life. Later, visiting injured troops in hospital, even sick soldiers twitched their noses and hummed "Run rabbit Run".

[hilbert42]

@hilbert42

I should add it's a great shame they'd not shot the bastard en mass (difficult to court-marshal a whole brigade). If they had, I'll bet the Oz Government later would never have been game to lie to the people some 20 years later--which it did holus bolus--to commit Australia to the Vietnam war.

'Tis strange how easily a little nonsense song can get caught up in historical events.

[steinwaygrande1]

@hilbert42  Got to agree with you 100% I live in Australia and Iknow many Vietnam Vtes who are still bitter at the way they were treated. Many also left Australia for other countries due to the inhumane way in which the Government of the day treated them. It was a war that OZ troops should never have got involved in.

[TheAnn2shoes]

@hilbert42 Wow, I've never heard that story. Disgraceful behaviour by the Field Marshal. I'm surprised they never actually shot him.

[hilbert42]

@TheAnn2shoes Wiki has some background, type in 'Thomas Blamey' and/or 'running rabbits incident'.

Australia doesn't have a particularly good record when it comes to looking after its troops. To mention just a few: 'The Nek'/Gallipoli/WWI, of course--'Blamey/Rabbits', The 'Voyager' disaster and the 'Vietnam commitment', they're all disgraceful incidents where service personnel have meant less than pawns on a chessboard to their commanders (especially so 'The Nek').

[TheAnn2shoes]

@hilbert42 Sad, but that's probably true in many other countries as well. Even here in the UK there had to be lots of publicity before soldiers got better treatment after leaving or being invalided out of the forces.

[animalcustodian]

Now I can tidy the garden to day :) But the sun's gone in already. Oh well. Thanks, I never knew than the chorus of this song before

[animalcustodian]

This is so beautifully done, thank you:) I's send it to Tont Blackburn:)

[ishagedurmum]

runn rabbit runn rabbit run run run haha such a weird song:D

[hardgreenhorn]

this song is so Cute & so Lovely!! I LOVE IT!!

... run rabbit run, rabbit run run run!! - if the rabbit was tired, i gotta feed him and made him to sleep, so that he gotta run again when he woke up!! :) :) :)

thanks for sharing...!!

[cheesewizerd]

what tv commercial was this on again

[l1nepack]

@cheesewizerd

It was used in a promo for Victorian tourism.

[InfantrymanMark]

I love this song, it was and still is a morale booster!

[1912cunard]

I thought of this song as I ate Rabbit pie in Haworth at the 1940s weekend. They were serving it up as rationed food on the menu. I had never had Rabbit pie before and i thought it was okay..lol I bet the Rabbit's sighed a relief when the War finished too

[novalee66]

This reminds me of my Mum, she was a young teen girl during WW2 London, she use to tell me things and sing some songs of the era, I appreciate now what she use to tell me as a child.

[spar123321]

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! pprobaly one of the best songs ever 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!

[Gcole200]

THIS IS A CATCHY TUNE

[Jarrahnut]

I remember listening to this (in the UK) just after the War. I worried terribly about the possibility of the poor little rabbit being killed. As a result ... to this day ... I refuse to eat rabbit ... I'm still a real softy! Greetings to one and all from Jarrahnut (Big Hugh from Mundlimup) in wonderful Western Australia.

[AusGal260469]

@Jarrahnut gday from the eastern side, I too love this song, I feel for the poor bunnies too

[backnumber1662]

@AusGal260469 and you feel for the bunnies. How unAustralian. Greatest pest we ever introduced, worse than cats, prickly pear, canetoads. Destructive horrid creatures!

[nuclearrace]

@backnumber1662

Greatest pest we ever introduced, worse than cats, prickly pear, canetoads.

Then there is pests that Australians discovered like Anna Paquin, Pavlova and the Finn Brothers eh.

[ArthurWellesley1769]

Thanks for uploading all these old war songs. Great-granddad fought in the war, never knew him....but I'm sure he would have loved this :)

[JacksonHeaven1]

i luv this song

[rockeroalfredo]

pura violencia !!!!

[jojo2mag]

OMG!! thank you, haven't heard this in forever. Wasn't the flip side 'Little Red Caboose'? I tried to get a good copy for years but never found it.

[MadHatter3Z3]

I'm not sure where I first heard this... I think maybe a documentary but ever since that first time I heard it, I can't help but randomly sing it. I find it nice to sing when I'm walking places... But not at night, that would be slightly creepy O_o...^.^...

[accrag]

i have the sheet music to this and on the back theres a periodic song run hitler run run.

[sammipink]

played in the film house of a thousand corpses

[sammipink]

i heard this during the war and we did eat rabbit if we could get it from the butchers during world war 2 still remember all the words and also remember flanagan and allen

[MizzKandiKizzes]

Run Rabbit Run Rabbit Run Run Run dont let the farmer have his fun XD

[TheIrishidiot]

I heard dis at skool 2 day... RUN RABBIT, RUN RABBIT, RUN, RUN, RUN!!!!!!!!!!

[superXmusicX]

im singing it in my skale show :D

[cqsteve1]

I heard this song being sung by some demented bastard in a Z grade horror film and it was the scariest part of the movie. Whoever the villan was, he sang it in a creepy voice while he was looking for the victims and the lyrics certainly lend themselves to the "hunting" scenario. Wish I could remember the name of the film. Thanks for the post.

[chelseamrb65]

Wow this is prehistoric.

[mumof4faeries]

its my worst

[zahija]

so run rabbit run rabbit run run run!

[Luucayy]

who sings it :O ?

[zahija]

lady Gaga o_0

[philip0072]

played this in the car when I was stopped at traffic lights you should have seen some OAPs dancing to it what a good laff one lady asked me If I could send her a copy I said yes

[strawberrybonbon221]

lol

[mysticx0]

the song and the first german air raid were not far apart and soon after the lyrics were sometimes changed to "run adolf, run"

[ArcticDragonWolf97]

XD i love this song. i got stuck in my head once i could only think of a rabbit as Hitler running and a farmer shooting his gun at the song plays in my head XD

[MrSupergammer]

great world war 2 song

[tich302001]

This song i being played on a commercial for a holiday company I had heard this song in some of the ealing movies this song was popular during wwii.

[killerlipsonrai]

I have my own ideas about this song; it may be 'wrong' but then again there is no such thing as 'wrong'. I would love to hear other people's interpretation of it and what it means to them. Anyone?

[SirBearization]

Greatest World War II song ;)

[DoctorWhoFanAndrew]

i know it the greatest

[Myles0Harcourt]

@SirBearization

Along with Siegfried Line.

[GFisher111]

Granddad sung this to my daughters, god bless Granddad.

[kkjimbo]

my 2 year old daughter loves this song all she can sing is run rabbitt run rabbit over and over again you gotta love her.

[OxAyesha]

i had a play in yr6 bout this ww2 its kwl

[KrisRyJake]

i had it in year 5 ^^

[eloise2kai7]

ye i herd this in year 5 but its a different one to the one i herd i herd a betta version lol im tryin to look for it so i can find the beat... :/

[Kgirl2007]

x) This song gets stuck in my head all the time now. NO idea why! Is it a sign? o.O

Haha. I saw this on an add a long time ago!

[iChloeParkeri]

i had to sing this song on a school trip in yr 4!! Still remember the words :)

[Spikavian]

I sung in Year 6 v_v

[heyketchup]

me too :L

[bibbles16]

omg so did i was it past times? brookhurst? what?

[stephenlyttletonB32]

we did 2 but in year three at mine lol

[Carolynnhall]

Great stuff!

[13Azzinoth37]

oh man i love this shit.

[PanzerJohannThe48th]

This is the lead tune for my online movie. So appropriate to the mood of the time set and the characters portrayed within.

[wildechilde76]

Absolutely adore this song - thanks for posting - lovely pic to go with it too :)

[englandcalling22]

God I wish there was still artists like that today :) Love it!!

[maisiebird]

This song is sung by Matthew Macfadyen in the new bio-pic called "Enid" soon to be shown on BBC4

[DebbieJohnsonality]

rat run

[poacher36]

i did read that this particular song was a favourite of churchills to listen to when he felt down after losing the post war election

[goombaman223]

my dad has this on a 78 (record) i think =D

[XxGothicBookwormxX]

This song just popped into my ehad today and i had to listen to it, i remember someone singing it to me when i wa slittle :S strange or what