GRGR: Those Frenchmen

[David A. Kassay]

Somewhat related in today's news:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/020800hth-france-birthcontrol.html

s~Z wrote:
> 
> Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
> (Rose, Raskin, & Fisher)
> 
> They say the French are naughty
> They say the French are bad
> They all declare that over there, the French are going mad.
> They have a reputation of being very gay
> I just got back from Paris, and I just want to say:
> When they go parley-vee and parley-vou,
> This for me, zat for you,
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> When they go Ohh la la la la la la la
> On the bully boulevard
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> They shake-a the hand
> They shake-a the feet
> They roll ze eyes and kiss cafe right on the street
> Even though the Irish and the Dutch
> Say it don't amount to much
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> 
> All of our fashions come from gay Par-ee
> And if they come above the knee
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> And if they give the world a new design
> To prove a lady has a spine
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> They shorten them here,
> They shorten them there,
> And if her name is Teddy, they make Teddy bare.
> If they prefer to see their women dressed
> With more or less of less and less,
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> When they put on a show, and it's a hit
> No one tries to censor it
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> And when a book is selling at it's best
> It isn't stopped; it's not suppressed.
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> Whenever they're dry
> For brandy or rye,
> To get it, they don't gave to give up their right eye.
> And when we brag about our liberty
> And they laugh at you and you and you and me
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.
> 
> In Viva la France
> They're full of romance
> You'll find policemen with embroidery on their pants.
> And when they start to sing the Marseillaise
> They sing it forty different ways
> Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong.

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