"The Sun has Got His Hat On" (Ambrose & his Orchestra, 1932)

A cheery British Depression-busting song which was featured in the late '80's revival of "Me and My Gal".

One of Ralph Butler & Noel Gay's collaborations, here rendered by crooner Sam Browne with the incomparable Ambrose Band:

THE SUN HAS GOT HIS HAT ON
(Ralph Butler / Noel Gay)

Ambrose & His Orchestra (vocal: Sam Browne)

The sun has got his hat on, hip-hip-hip-hooray
The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out today
Now we'll all be happy, hip-hip-hip-hooray
The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out to play.
So jump into your sunbath, hip-hip-hip-hooray
The sun has got his hat on and he's coming out today

All the little birds are singing
All the little gnats are stinging
All the little bees in twos and threes
Buzzing in the sun all day

(Orchestral Interlude)

(Band singing)
The sun has got his hat on, hip-hip-hip-hooray

(Sam)
All the boys excited,
All the little girls delighted
What a lot of fun for everyone
Sitting in the sun all day"

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[jeff94582]

@mike11244 You are correct sir. Words like "Nigger" and "Jap" or "Chink" while very offensive in today's world, were perfectly appropriate, or at least accepted as common place in the time this song was made. People should stop getting their panties in a bunch over such things and open an encyclopedia. Perhaps then they would understand.  Ignorance-the worst plague of all.

[mmmbeachlover]

No need to be offended on anyone else's behalf, few of 'em will get to hear this as they're not that cultured!

[ir91]

@jeff94582 you say these words were acceptable at the time, did anyone ever ask the people in question i.e black people, if they found these words offensive?

all very well to say they were acceptable at the time, because it was the white majority that decided what was acceptable, and everyone else had to live with it

[BOT101st]

@Abhanyore

Well at least someone has some sense haha! I think people really need to concentrate on moving on, instead of concentrating on old racism haha...

[Abhanyore]

@BOT101st I agree. I used to like the song and was surprised and disappointed and on reading the comments people left I was even more incensed. On reflection I agree and say the world is full of negative thoughts and positive thoughts. Don't let the negative get you down and neither should I. I apologize for my general brushing of everyone with the same brush.

[BOT101st]

Well tbh, there's as much racism towards Whites as there is Blacks, Asians etc... just not common in the public eye. Sure, racism is still on going, but back then it wasn't as frowned upon it seems, sure people found it offensive back then as they do now, but the world was opening to multiculturalism, so obviously someone of different colour in your two would give you a thing or two to pick at blah blah...

and you must remember... not EVERYONE is a racist... I

[Thanairobian]

Now that was a surprise. White folk r u unable to survive in the world without throwing abuse left right and centre? By standards even of that time that was offensive, but guess the desire to offend existed even back then. My reply is cool I shall carry on with life u may proceed and throw as much abuse as u like, we shall overcome.

[Londonfogey]

@smudger1973 , how exactly does this happy little song assume 'that Africans are in someway (sic) backwarrd (sic) and subhuman'? All it says is 'He's been tanning niggers, out in Timbuctoo'. By the standards of the time it is absolutely harmless. It seems an awfully big step to infer that this is derogatory unless one judges it purely by modern standards.

[tmmvds]

@PS3xMedia You already link it, just listen to it, goddamm!!!

[PS3xMedia]

@tmmvds goddammn just link me to the time, like 1:01 or 0:58

[tmmvds]

@PS3xMedia Around one minute.

[PS3xMedia]

@tmmvds where! what time