This summertime special has a perennial quality to it, but I think it wasn’t much if at all used by NewsRevue; perhaps for that very reason.
I rather like it still and think it has some timely and reflective relevance in these #MeToo times – he says writing in October 2018.
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO ST TROPEZ?
(To the Tune of “Do You Know The Way To San Jose?”)
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo, wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo;
VERSE 1 – GOLD DIGGERS OF 1993
Do you know the way to St Tropez,
We hope to find that France, gives us a chance to score today.
Do you know the way to St Tropez,
We’re going out to find, some rich gold mine in St Tropez.
MIDDLE BIT 1 – STILL THE GOLD DIGGERS
Juan is a great big freebie,
Find a wealthy guy and fly to Cannes,
In a week maybe two you’ll have a sun tan,
And some melanoma on the way;
And all the Sloanes are on their yachts,
And cruising gently round the bay.
VERSE 2 – LES FRENCH LADS
We were born and raised in St Tropez,
We’ve got a lot of cash, we’ll make a splash and have our way.
We can both get laid in St Tropez,
We find that English chicks, all want some kicks on holiday.
MIDDLE BIT 2 – ENCORE LES FRENCH LADS
We attract them like a magnet,
Screw a hundred, OK maybe ten,
They believe that we all are French noblemen,
When they learn the truth they will be sad;
The only count inside our pad,
Is counting all the girls we’ve had.
OUTRO
LES GIRLS:We both made a wrap in St Tropez,
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo;
LES LADS:We both caught the clap in St Tropez,
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo;
We both blew the works in St Tropez, (revealing empty pockets)
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo;
LES GIRLS:We sponged off these burks in St Tropez,
Wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo wo;
ALL:Wo.
Here is a video of Dionne Warwick singing Do You Know the Way To San Jose…
…while the following one also shows you the lyrics to that fine Hal David & Bert Bacharach song: