Take me to Mildura

​Big open sky, eternally blue
The mighty Murray, meandering through
I’ve booked my workshop, out at La Trobe
Picked up some mandies from the side of the road
I wanna go,
I’ve been waiting,
Three years to the day
 
Take me take me take me
Take me to Mildura
And lock me in the Art Vault
Got my litho stone
I feel like sticking around
 
The Latje Latje, the Barkindji too
A smokin’ welcome with a didgeridoo,
Top master printers from all over the land
(I hear they’ve even got a printmaking band!)
 
I wanna go,
I’ve been waiting,
Three years to the day
Take me take me take me
Take me to Mildura
And lock me in the Art Vault
Got my litho stone
I feel like sticking around
 
Julie, Sasha, Robyn Archer, Stephanos, Stephanos
 
Heard all the latest at the symposia
Could this be printmaking Utopia?
I’m on a houseboat, isn’t it sweet?
Rapt up in Sheridan, I don’t mean the sheets
I wanna go,
I’ve been waiting,
Three years to the day
 
Take me take me take me
Take me to Mildura
And lock me in the Art Vault
Got my litho stone
I may never leave town
Take me to Mildura
The APT Mildura
Take me take me to Mildura
The APT Mildura….

Al Green & Mabon, “Teenie” Hodges, Take me to the River, 1974