Slim Dusty — Give My Regards To Edna

[Verse 1] When you're passing through Mount Isa Don't forget to take the time To go around ol' mate, and meet A real good friend of mine [Verse 2] Do not look in beauty parlours Or the modern fashion stores You'll find her at the sale yard Loading fats or dipping stores [Verse 3] She's as hard and tough as greenhide With a heart of solid gold Educated on the stock routes In the droving days of old [Verse 4] Taking nightwatch, tethering horses On the famous Murranji Living close to God and nature Where the Wedgetail eagles fly [Verse 5] Oh, her father was a teacher And he put her to the test In the college of the stockmen On the big camps in the west [Verse 6] She can educate a young horse In a firm and gentle way Just like her father taught her On the stock routes in his day [Verse 7] And she takes a lot of shifting From a Barcoo Poley seat In a fair go on a bucker She’s pretty hard to beat [Verse 8] And in the rodeo arena At the Isa every year With the pick up men she’s working Shifting stock and tending gear (Hey!) [Verse 9] She can ply the awl an' needles She can use the shoein’ gear And when the day's work's over, mate She’ll join you in a beer [Verse 10] Well respected by the bushmen All through the northern line She's a credit to her father From the old stock riding line [Verse 11] She has known the joys and sorrows Of a mother and a wife And it mostly is the good Who are the losers in this life [Verse 12] So when you meet her she would greet you With a handshake rough and hard So don't forget to tell her, mate That I send my kind regards [Outro] Yes, mate, don't forget to tell her That I send my best regard