“Limejuice Tub” is an Australian folk song, which is part of Australia’s folk music tradition. The lyrics are available here.
The Bushwackers – Limejuice Tub
Bruce Woodley – Limejuice Tub
Gary Shearston – The Limejuice Tub
Mucky Duck Bush Band – Limejuice Tub
Handsome Young Strangers – Limejuice Tub
Denis Gibbons – Limejuice Tub
Bushwackers – Lime Juice Tub (live at the Longyard, Chardonnay Show, 2009)
Bushwackers – Limejuice Tub (live, Music City Roots, at the Loveless Cafe, 25 September 2013)
Bushwackers – Lime Juice Tub (on the Good Afternoon Australia TV show, channel 10, 28 January 1985)
Cobbers – The Limejuice Tub
Lime Juice Tub
Lime Juice Tub
Warren Fahey – Limejuice Tub
Ted Egan – Lime Juice Tub
Tallowood Bush Band – Limejuice Tub
Robert Pyper – The Limejuice Tub
Additional resources
“Lime Juice Tub”, Australian Folk Songs
“The Lime-Juice Tub”, Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music
“Australian Folk Songs: Lime Juice Tub”, Bytes
Editor’s notes:
lime-juice tub = (slang) a British sailing ship; the term arises from the daily ration of lime juice and vinegar which was given to British sailors, so as to prevent them from getting scurvy (also spelt: lime juice tub, limejuice tub)
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