Give My Regards To Edna
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[Intro]
E A
[Verse]
A A7 D
When you’re passing through Mt Isa, don't forget to take the time,
A E
To go around, old mate, an' meet a real good friend of mine.
A A7 D
Do not look in beauty parlours or the modern fashion stores,
A E A
You'll find her at the sale yards loading fats or dipping stores.
[Verse]
E A
She's as hard an’ tough as greenhide with a heart of solid gold,
D A E
Educated on the stock routes in the droving days of old.
A A7 D
Taking night watch, tailing horses on the famous Murranji,
A E A A7
Living close to God and nature, where the wedgetail eagles fly.
[Interlude]
D A E A
[Verse]
A A7 D
Oh, her father was a teacher and he put her to the test,
A E
In the college of the stockmen on the big camps in the west.
A A7 D
She can educate a young horse in a firm but gentle way,
A E A
Just like her father taught her on the stock routes in his day.
[Verse]
E A
And she takes a lot of shifting from a Barcoo poley seat.
D A E
In a fair go on a bucker, oh, she’s pretty hard to beat.
A A7 D
And in the rodeo arena at the Isa every year,
A E A A7
With the pickup men she’s working, shifting stock and tending gear. Hey!
[Interlude]
D A E A
[Verse]
A A7 D
She can ply the awl an' needles, she can use the shoein’ gear,
A E
And when the days work's over, mate, she’ll join you in a beer.
A A7 D
Well respected by the bushmen, all through the northern line,
A E A
She's a credit to her father from the old stock riding line.
[Verse]
E A
She has known the joys and sorrows, Of a mother and a wife,
D A E
And it mostly is the good who are the losers in this life.
A A7 D
So when you meet her she will greet you with a handshake rough and hard,
A E A
And don't forget to tell her, mate, that I send my best regards.
[Outro]
D A E A A
Yes, mate, don't forget to tell her, that I send my best regards.
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