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