Britons reply tunefully

Press, 31 January 1986, Page 23

Britons reply tunefully

NZPA-AAP London French gall at releasing a less-than-polite pop song about the British Prime Minister, Mr Thatcher, may have met its match. The British have launched a counter-ver-sion entitled “Hop Off You Frogs.”

The latest cross-channel battle started because a song about “Miss Maggie,” by a French singer, Renaud Sechan, flew up the charts. He is also releasing an English version in Britain.

Renaud’s song contains a line about how he would like to do the Prime Minister what dogs do to lamp-posts. But a song by a new

British group, known as “The Bizarre Boys,” warns the French to beware.

Sung to the tunes of “Under The Bridges of Paris,” two of its upbeat middle verses are: There was an old man called de Gaulle

Who knew absolutely sod all

He could always say

“non" But like Simon le Bon He was wetter than

Niagara Falls Ze French they are such dirty dogs The E.E.C. they rifle

And if they do not pack tin smash them up e Eiffel.

According to “The Sun,” Britain’s radio stations are clamouring to play it.

The record’s B-side is called “Electro Frog.”