G-E's Right nz-folk email reflector Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:56:04 +1200 From: "John Archer" : So you bought some G-E porkers and you locked them in your sty But piles of pungent pig-pats are now raining from the sky; With genetic engineering, those pigs can really fly! But don't worry mate, G-E's right. With a little bit of luck, you'll get your bacon from a duck! Still don't worry mate, G-E's right. From: Graham Wardell I knew a friendly folkie, got some stem cells from his quack Injected them and promptly put his brain cells out of whack Now he fronts a grunge band with a million watts of stack But don't worry mate, G-E's right. That's the way to go bro, though you'll never play the dobro, Still don't worry mate, G-E's right. From: "McNamara Family" : Well the flamin' world's gone crazy and there's GE everywhere They've engineered a new hop to put into the beer The quinine gene for bitterness has made it taste all queer So don't worry mate G-E's right She'll be right mate, she'll be right Don't worry mate G-E's right Just fix a rimu gene into good old NZ green And don't worry mate she'll be right Well Marlborough is well known for brewing savvie blanc A fancy Frenchy name for a not bad bit of plonk a grassy taste so fresh it would make a goose fair honk Well don't worry, mate, GE's right She'll be right, mate, she'll be right Don't worry, mate, G-E's right The taste is from the gene which made New Zealand green So don't worry mate G-E's right The Marlborough Sounds are known for the mussels they have grown. You ought to see the new type some GE bloke has cloned NZ green lipped mussels for a better kind of stone Don't worry, mate, G-E's right. She'll be right, mate, she'll be right Don't worry, mate, G-E's right Just eat them in the shell, a bit gritty but what the hell? Don't worry mate G-E's right Nandor Tanczos MP is a funny kind of bloke with his hair all tangled up like two lovers in a moke He's got himself a name for a funny kind of smoke Well don't worry, mate, G-E's right. She'll be right, mate, she'll be right Don't worry, mate, G-E's right He's the reason why the Greens want to keep New Zealand green So don't worry mate G-E's right. From: "Richard Mills" : Sat down to my computer just to write a little verse But the syntax and the spelling just got worse and wirse and werse I couldn't do a thing with it, my mind was in a whirl (began to cloy) And then I remembered it was once a little girl (boy) But GE's right, Mate, G-E's right. When your monitor throws tantrums And your keyboard slaps your face (starts to cry) Don't worry mate, G-E's right. From: "John Archer" : Don't give up your day job, though you're working on a farm Where trans-genetic veggies try to do you grievious harm Like those hairy pumpkin tendrils that coil around your arm. Just don't worry mate, G-E's right. Though remember as you're bound up, That they can't be killed with Roundup. Still don't worry mate, G-E's right. From: "Mathias Media" : I wandered out into my veggie garden one fine morn To check out all the lettuces, potatoes and my corn But standing in the middle was a cow with one big horn - Still don't worry mate GE's right, She'll be right mate, she'll be right Don't worry mate GE's right I get milk now from my peas and the cauli's grow self-cheesed, So don't worry mate, GE's right! From: "McNamara Family" : Well God looked down on this GE earth and this is what she saw A race of men who tinker, prod and poke and paw And realised the plan she'd made had one and fatal flaw Well don't worry mate GE's right GE's right, mate, GE's right Don't worry mate GE's right The 'Y' chromosome was wrong, so she subbed 'X' where it belonged And don't worry mate GEe's right. The devil looked up at the gates of Hell and saw there was no chance, sir There wasn't a bloke amongst them, not a saint or Morris dancer He realised what God had done, there had to be an answer Well don't worry mate GE's right GE's right, mate, GE's right Don't worry mate GE's right When two 'x's' mate with two, then four X will be the brew So don't worry mate GE's be right. From: "Mathias Media" I see they're planting all that hemp down Horowhenua way With GE hemp - it plants itself and weeds all stay away,=20 I hope the hemp is happy that the farmer doesn't spray So don't worry, mate, GE's right. GE's right mate, GE's right, Don't worry, mate, GE's right. It grows as socks or hats, they are furry just like cats... So don't worry mate, GE's right! ("Meow")