Man Who Broke the Bank

LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Wed Jul 26 09:46:14 CDT 1995


Ted responds:
"Are you sure the POV is that of a Parisian? I always had the idea that
it was a Brit remittance man (now singing in Lunnontown music halls)."

Well, I always assumed that that was why he was walking along the Bois de
Boulougne.  Of course, the B de B has always been a notorious place to pick
up prostitutes.  Has Hugh Grant been to Monte Carlo recently?

The song was composed by one Fred Gilbert, obviously not a French name!

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)



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