NEW  ZEALAND
FOLK * SONG
Midnight Rock
E. Z. Laigh & Willie Climacks November 2016

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Sexual activity and earthquakes both create new life. Nine months after any big
earthquake, there is a spike in the number of births. There were a big series of
quakes in New Zealand on the 14th of November 2016. "Bishop" Tamaki claimed
these quakes were caused by the sexual deviancies of local inhabitants. But take
note of how many babies are born in this region around the 14th of August 2017.

D Saki and Suzuki from A7 Tokyo
Thought Aotearoa was the D place to go
For a pretty church wedding - near the G mountain snow
And a D week in a A7 hotel D bed
       
        And they're...
                shaking, they're A7 quaking, D ...Zuki's back is G aching
        They're a D shakin' an' a A7 quakin' an' a D snakin', near t'  G breaking
        An' they D never A7 seem t' D stop
        An' they D never A7 seem t' D stop
        No, they D never A7 seem t' D stop


Old Bill Connor - at eighty three
S'got a mail order bride - just as pretty as can be
She's married him - for his property
Cos she thinks he'll soon be dead

        "OK! EVERYBODY SINGING - AND SHAKING"
       
        But they're...
                shaking, they're  quaking, ... old Bill's baby making
        They're a shakin' an' a quakin' an' a snakin', near t' breaking
        An' they never seem t' stop
        No, they never seem t' stop

This college lad - is in misery
He can't get rid - of his virginity
His mother's best friend says - leave it to me
And she takes him to the cougar's den

        And they're...
                shaking, they're  quaking, ...  this couger isn't faking
        They're a shakin' an' a quakin' an' a snakin', near t' breaking
        An' they never seem t' stop
        No, they never seem t' stop

Tom Dick and Harry - are so happy and gay
In their beachside suite - for a holiday
And naughty games - they like to play
In their spa and king-sized bed

        ...strange noises emanating

Taranaki Tim - has a Southdown wether
Dressed up in a harness - of kinky leather
He leads it round - with a silken tether
That he ties to the end of his bed
       
        ...that mutton's makin' bacon

Down at Kaikoura - there's a girl called Lida
She swam out to sea - to be a whale rider.
A big bull whale - tried to slide inside her
And a quake shook the ocean bed
       
        ... a tsunami's in the making
       
See that big bloke there - he's the competition judge
Where I've entered this song - just to give him a nudge
I hope he doesn't - hold any grudge
Cos' I'm taking his wife to bed

And we're...
                shaking, we're quaking, ... sweet music we are making
        We're a shakin' an' a quakin' an' a snakin', near t' breaking
        And we never seem t' stop
        No, we never seem t' stop
        There's another aftershock
        Hey, it's my turn back on top
        Oh rock me baby, rock
        Did you say its five-o-clock?
        ......What time does he get home from work?
        ......Oh God !
        Quick, where's my trousers......

The Kaikoura Earthquake

The 2016 Kaikoura quake was a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the South Island of New Zealand that occurred two minutes after midnight on 14 November 2016.

The shaking started about 60 kilometres south-west of the tourist town of Kaikoura and at a depth of approximately 15 kilometres

However, the earthquake ruptured at a rate of 2 km per second along multiple fault lines in a complex sequence that lasted for more than one minute and its cumulative magnitude was 7.8, with the majority of that energy released 100km to the north of Kaikoura.

The large magnitude of the quake makes it one of the world's three largest earthquakes in 2016, and in New Zealand second in magnitude only to the 1855 Wairarapa earthquake.

"Bishop" Brian Tamaki, a snake oil salesman who has become wealthy from exploiting ignorant South Aucklanders, claimed that this earthquake was caused by the unorhthodox sexual activities of the local population.

E. Z. Laigh and Willie Climacks

...are thougt to be the pseudonyms of two Wellington university students and rugby players who specialise in bawdy ballads about politicians, alternative lifestyles, meat pies, volcanoes, and local events.

Webpage put onto folksong.org.nz website November 2016