When the summer sun is shining on happy land countless fires, in strange attire in many solemn bands of glum Australians watching as the lunch goes up in By the and the smell you can plainly tell, that it's barby time again
When the steaks are fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes When the sausges taste fried toothpaste and your driven mad with flies a national institution, it's the aussie thing to do So come along mate and grab plate, let's have a barbecue!
The Scots eat of haggis, the French eat snails and frogs The Greeks throw kakis on their mousakis, and the love hot dogs The Welshmen love to a leek, the Irish like thier stew But you just beat that half-cooked meat at an Aussie barbeque
When the steaks are fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes the sausges taste like fried toothpaste and your driven mad with flies It's a institution, it's the aussie thing to do So come mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbecue.
There's flies to the margarine, the bread has gone rock hard The kids are fighting and the mossies are biting, who the Aerogard? There's bull ants in the eskie, and the beer is out And what you saw in cole slaw, you just don't think about
When the steaks are burning fiercely, the smoke gets in your eyes When the sausges taste like fried toothpaste and your mad with flies It's a national institution, it's the So on mate and grab your plate, let's have a barbecue.
And when the barby's over and your way you wend With a funny tummy on the dummy, many lonely hours you'll spend You might find yourself reflecting, many often do Come rain or shine that's the bloody last that you'll have a barbecue!
When the are burning fiercely, when the smoke gets in your eyes When the sausges taste fried toothpaste and your driven mad with flies It's a national institution, ausssie thing to do So come on mate and grab your plate, let's a barbeque