Slim Dusty Abalinga Mail
My name is Bluey Simpson well how yer goin' mate?
I've been conductor on this train since 1928
I hope you're in no hurry sport sit down and settle
back
They call the Abalinga Mail the snail of the outback
Oh the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow
And I should be the one to know
It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son
'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get
out an' run
We once took on 200 lambs only 8 weeks old
They were headed clear across the state to the place
where they'd been sold
That trip was takin' so darn long I didn't think we'd
rear 'em
Ah we had to stop 3 flamin' times and take 'em off and
shear 'em
Oh the Abalinga mail my oath she's slow
And I should be the one to know
It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son
'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get
out an' run
We once took on two newly weds in the early part of
June
They were headed for the seaside for a happy honeymoon
Now I wouldn't say that trip was slow but I think it
was no use
Well by the time we reached the coast their divorce had
just come through
Oh the Abalinga Mail my oath she's slow
And I should be the one to know
It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son
'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get
out an' run
We made the outback stations with some papers from last
year
And the people on the cattle stations gave a mighty
cheer
They longed to read the latest news from the great big
world outside
But they got an dreadful shock to learn that Pharlap he
had died
Oh the Abalinga Mail my oath she's slow
And I should be the one to know
It's no good you goin' crook I tell you son
'Cause if you're really in a hurry then you better get
out and run
And you're really in a hurry then you better get out
an' run.
