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Lime Juice Tub
Last updated: 11.10.23
Lime Juice Tub is one of my favourite Australian folk-songs. It has ten amusing verses and a real hooligan of a chorus. Because of its length I sing it at a rare old pace with the chorus coming every second verse which I belt out at the top of my lungs.
The song is all about hardy sheep-shearers deriding newcomers from Britain on their frailties, inabilities and general uselessness in the outback. The end of each chorus is a jibe, threat, promise or prophecy (take your pick) that, "We'll send you home in a lime-juice tub".
This song is yet another one taken from the pages of The Bushwackers Australian Song Book.
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cd15.gif Various Artists More Pubsongs From Australia flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif flag15fr.gif flag15ca.gif
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youtube15.jpg Lime Juice Tub (4:14) The Bushwackers