Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) in a heated argument as to whether 'In Bangkok at twelve o'clock they foam at the mouth and run' came at the end of the first refrain or at the end of the second. President Roosevelt held firmly to the latter view and refused to budge even under the impact of Churchillian rhetoric. In this he was right and when, a little later, I asked Mr Churchill about the incident, he admitted defeat like a man." Mad Dogs and Englishmen (song) "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" is a song written by Noël Coward and first performed in "The Third Little Show"
Derek and the Dominos Cocker's "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" tour with Leon Russell, but Whitlock remained with the Bramletts for a short time. In April 1970, at the suggestion of his friend and mentor Steve Cropper, Whitlock travelled to England to visit Clapton.<ref name="Harris/Mojo p 70">Harris, p. 70.</ref> Whitlock subsequently lived in Hurtwood Edge, Clapton's house in Surrey, where the two musicians would jam and, on acoustic guitars, began writing the bulk of the Dominos' catalogue.<ref name="Sutcliffe/Mojo"> Available at Rock's Backpages (subscription required).</ref> Many of these songs reflected Clapton's growing infatuation with Pattie Boyd, the wife of his best friend, George Harrison,<ref name="Layla40/Goldmine"></ref> who