Myles Peter Carpenter Rudge (8 July 1926 – 10 October 2007) was an English songwriter, known for writing the lyrics for novelty songs.

His songs "The Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both British Top 10 chart hits in 1962,[1] both recorded by Bernard Cribbins to music by Ted Dicks and produced by George Martin for Parlophone.

[2] Another of his songs, "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", was a hit in 1965 for Ronnie Hilton, and won an Ivor Novello Award in 1966 for the Year's Outstanding Novelty Composition.

Rudge and Dicks also wrote the theme song for the film Carry On Screaming (1966),[2] and worked with Kenneth Williams on an album entitled On Pleasure Bent (1967).

Other songs written by Rudge were recorded by Topol, Val Doonican, Matt Monro, Joan Sims, Jim Dale and Petula Clark.