A Girl From The Land - Slim Dusty

Down at the local on Friday nights

My neighbour Dave wanders in

Sheepishly looking for company

'Cause his misses has bounced him again

He drinks with the boys from his single days

And life takes on a much brighter tone

And Dave can’t believe, when it’s time to leave

That his wife comes to take him back home

She’s the Mrs of a farmer

The better half of a man

Workin' the land as a family

Raisin' the kids in Gippsland

She’s been the wife, through trouble and strife

Ever ready to lean a hand

The backbone of the farmer

A girl from the land

Dave’s wife is Sue, and she’s local too

For they’ve been in the district for years

They work side by side, it’s been no easy ride

But they’ve made it with love, sweat and tears

Their kids are all grown with homes of their own

So each Friday Sue gets in Dave’s ear

It seems like a fluke, but I’m tellin' you

It’s just so he can have a few beers

Yes the Mrs of a farmer

Is the better half of a man

Workin' the land as a family

Raisin' the kids in Gippsland

She’s been the wife, through trouble and strife

Ever ready to lean a hand

The backbone of the farmer

A girl from the land

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And meanwhile at home, Sue’s been on the phone

Her girl friends will be droppin' in

An' they laugh as they can about Susie’s old man

As he thinks he’s in trouble again

The womenfolk know their men like to go

For a beer with the boys now and then

And the girls think it’s fine having tea cake and wine

Till it’s time to collect them again

Yes the Mrs of a farmer

Is the better half of a man

Workin' the land as a family

Raisin' the kids in Gippsland

She’s been the wife, through trouble and strife

Ever ready to lean a hand

The backbone of the farmer

A girl from the land

A girl from the land