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NEW ZEALAND FOLK*SONG |
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NEW ZEALAND FOLK*SONG |
A song for New Zealand's ACT Party members. The long-haired, self-indulgent pretenders of the 1960s-70s have turned into the business-suited, self-centred asset-strippers of the 1990s-2000s.
Capo +2
Am G Am
1. Well I was a young fellow, with very long hair.
C G F Am
'twas my pride and my joy and my parents despair.
G Am
They could go and get lost for all that I cared.
C G Am
For I was your articulate rebel.
C G F Am
I never conformed, I just did as I pleased.
C G F Am
I scraped into Massey, me dad paid the fees.
G Am
But I failed and I left without any degrees.
C G Am
Though I was an articulate rebel.
2. Three decades have passed, my hair is now grey.
Whatever is left doesn't get in the way.
My yacht has three masts, I used credit to pay.
I'm an ageing articulate rebel.
Abolish all welfare, that's now my firm creed.
Restructure our country, the slackers we'll weed.
Save us from rebels, it's puppets we need.
I was your articulate rebel.
3. I'm now into power, I've gone and joined Act.
With Roger and Richard I've now made a pact.
With me Round Table mates I have creamed all the fat.
I'm a right-wing articulate rebel
When the last asset's stripped and the last penny's squeezed
And you are all bankrupt and down on your knees
Then I'll rake up my millions and head overseas
As an expat articulate rebel
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This is derived from Ewan McColl's Champion at Keeping them Rolling, which is a rewrite of The Limerick Rake.
I have given it a rather low tuning here so you have easy guitar chords to finger. You might find it better with a capo on about the 2nd fret.
Listen to this midi file of it. MIDI
