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Eric Bogle – Aussie Barbeque lyrics
When the summer sun is shining on Australia's happy land
Round countless fires, in strange attire in many solemn bands
Of glum Australians watching as the lunch goes up in flames
By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell, that it's barby time again

When the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes
When the snacks all taste like fried toothpaste and your mouth is full of flies
It's a national institution, it's Australian through and through
So come on mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbeque!

The Scots eat lots of haggis, the French eat snails and frogs
The Greeks throw kakis on their mousakis, and the Chinese love hot dogs
The Welshmen love to have a leek, the Irish like thier stew
But you just can't beat that half-cooked meat at an Aussie barbeque

When the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes
When the snacks all taste like fried toothpaste and your mouth is full of flies
It's a national institution, it's Australian through and through
So come on mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbeque

There's flies stuck to the margarine, the bread has gone rock hard
The kids are fighting and the mossies are biting, who forgot the aeroguard?
There's bull ants in the eskie, and the beer is running out
And what you saw in Mom's cole slaw, you just don't think about

When the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes
When the snacks all taste like fried toothpaste and your mouth is full of flies
It's a national institution, it's Australian through and through
So come on mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbeque

And when the barby's over and your homeward way you wend
With a queezy tummy on the family dummy, many lonely hours you'll spend
You might find yourself reflecting, like many often do
Come rain or shine that's the bloody last time that you'll have a barbeque!

When the steaks are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes
When the snacks all taste like fried toothpaste and your mouth is full of flies
It's a national institution, it's Australian through and through
So come on mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbeque
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    Ewout
    This is a song that makes me smile. I think Eric Bogle reflects on a peculiar food habit: The Bar-B-Que. Being a Scottish immigrant In Australia he was in the position to wonder why trough new eyes. He describes with mild humor the downsides of preparing your meat in such a primitive way under unfavorable conditions. It seems to me over the world there are people working very hard to earn the money to by a proper house with a luxurious kitchen and still risk spoiling their meat over a primitive fire. Bogle makes it sound like a strange cult, but he puts it in perspective by mentioning food habits in other countries that seem strange to people not being raised in that particular country.
    The lyrics above are different from the words in the Eric Bogle songbook. The ‘snacks’ are snags in the original text, meaning sausage, if I remember correctly. And in my copy of the songbook The Greeks go crackers over their Moussaka in stead of throwing kakis over their Mousakis. I once read an explanation of some of the slang. The Esky means cool box, mossys are fierce mosquitos and the family dunny seems to be and outdoor toilet. Lovely song, I sang it once as an opening ‘speech’ at the barbecue at work, provoking a few smiles...
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    I want to hear a song that called Australia let us barbecue and I read it but what is it all about and what's the tune of that song I need ask you and slove the problem and and I need to listen it and sing it I love to do this.
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      This is a song that makes me smile. I think Eric Bogle reflects on a peculiar food habit: The... Read more →
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