| Roll up you Ozzie horsemen, a challenge has been thrown. |
| Don’t let it go unnoticed, rough riding’s in your bones. |
| So pass along the grapevine, let everybody know |
| You’ve still got time to enter in Mt Isa’s rodeo. |
| They combed the north west stations, and brought the outlaws in. |
| They’re lively and they’ll make you earn the prizes that you win. |
| The brumbies from the northlands are yarded up to go. |
| And throw an open challenge at the Isa rodeo. |
| So roll up you Ozzie horsemen let everybody know |
| You’ve still got time to enter in Mt Isa’s rodeo |
| The feature horse is spinifex you’ve heard of him I suppose. |
| He’s reputation deadly as everybody knows. |
| So come on you bow legged stockmen. |
| This. challenge has to go, to anyone from anywhere at the Isa rodeo |
| The town is decked out gaily, and flags are flying high. |
| There’s country music playing, beneath that friendly sky. |
| Roughriders roll in daily, and set the town aglow. |
| And the big parade’s already called the Isa rodeo. |
| So roll up you Ozzie horsemen let everybody know. |
| You’ve still got time to enter in Mt Isa’s rodeo. |
| Now when the dust as settled, and crowds have all gone home. |
| It’s kind of sad to wander through, the rodeo grounds alone. |
| But we will all remember this year was a mighty show. |
| And the folks are coming back again to the Isa rodeo. |
| To the Isa rodeo. |