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Lime-Juice Tub [folk music, videos]

21 March 2022 · Leave a Comment

“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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