20th August 1867. The Merchant Shipping Act 1867 was passed by the UK Parliament requiring that lime or lemon Juice and other anti-scorbutics must be provided and kept on board ships. This was intended to prevent scurvy amongst ships’ crews. This gave rise to the term “lime-juicers” when referring to British sailors and in the USA this eventually resulted in the term “limey” being used as a slang term for British folk in general.   Limey from Wikipedia    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limey

THE LIME JUICE SHIP Mainsail Café     https://mainsailcafe.com/songs/limejuice-ship
Many other recordings of ”Lime Juice Ship” on YouTube     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lime+Juice+Ship

ACCORDING TO THE ACT   - Hughie Jones       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hm3wRrB2E0
According to the Act from The Ballad Index    http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FaE042.html