Limejuice Tub, The

DESCRIPTION: A sarcastic song about the ignorance of new chums just arrived in Australia. Recognized primarily by the chorus, "With a rowdem rowdem a rub a dub dub, We'll send you back (or "drive them back") to the limejuice tub."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1968
KEYWORDS: emigration humorous Australia
FOUND IN: Australia
REFERENCES (8 citations):
Meredith/Anderson-FolkSongsOfAustralia, p. 140, "Rub-a-dub-a-dub" (1 text, 1 tune)
Anderson-StoryOfAustralianFolksong, pp. 188-189, "The Whaler's Rhyme" (1 text, 1 tune)
Fahey-Eureka-SongsThatMadeAustralia, pp. 124-125, "The Limejuice Tub" (1 text, 1 tune)
Fahey-PintPotAndBilly, pp. 36-37, "Lime Juice Tub" (1 text, 1 tune)
Manifold-PenguinAustralianSongbook, p. 108, "The Limejuice Tub (The Whalers' Rhyme)" (1 text, 1 tune)
Paterson/Fahey/Seal-OldBushSongs-CentenaryEdition, pp. 160-161, "The Limejuice Tub" (1 text plus a fragment possibly of this song)
Stewart/Keesing-FavoriteAustralianBallads, p. 13, "The Limejuice Tub" (1 short text)
Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, p. 156, "(The Lime Juice Tub") (1 text)
Roud #22605
RECORDINGS:
A. L. Lloyd, "The Lime Juice Tub" (on Lloyd4, Lloyd10)
NOTES [39 words]: "Limejuice tubs" were British immigrant ships, so named after the lime juice used to prevent scurvy. (Ironically, the lime juice was usually lemon juice, but called "lime." A little propaganda to make it sound less sour, perhaps.) - RBW
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File: MA140

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