Katie, Bar The Door
The Dreadnoughts * Track #2 On Legends Never Die
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Album Legends Never Die
- #1Old Maui (Legends Never Die version)
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- #2Katie, Bar The Door
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- #3Fire Marshall Willy
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- #4Antarctica
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- #5Leonard Cohen
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- #6Mary the One Eyed Prostitute, Who Fought the Colossal Squid and Saved Us from Certain Death on the High Seas, God Rest Her One Eyed Soul
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- #7A Rambler’s Life
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- #8Sons Of Murphy
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- #9Elizabeth
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- #10Roll The Woodpile Down
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- #11The Dreadnought
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Katie, Bar The Door by The Dreadnoughts
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‘Katie, Bar The Door’ is an original, celtic punk song by The Dreadnoughts. It is designed around an American expression which may have origins in Scotland and Ireland.
The Idiom “Katy, bar the door” is a phrase used to warn someone of incoming trouble, and to prepare themselves for it. The narrato...
Katie, Bar The Door Lyrics
Katie, bar the door, the Devil's here again
He's looking for a savior, he's looking for a friend
The Devil drinks in places you and I have never been
So Katie, bar the door, and never let him in
When I was just a young'un, Sarah, came without a sound
She said this ship had sank and now many soldiers drowned
Said that, damn I met the Devil on the banks of hostelry
We took three hundred British to the bottom of the sea
[Chorus]
When I was eighteen years old, I was down in the hold
Of a prison ship bound for Australia
Many good men were we, on the bastard of the sea
And the ghost of a highwayman sails, her, ya!
Has he cursed or damned you, or brought you to the well
Or had you shuck and sully seven miles below hell
For doomed trips and Coffin ships the smiling bastards lay
Counting out their pennies to spend another day
[Chorus]
When I was eighteen years old, I was down in the hold
Of a prison ship bound for Australia
Many good men were we, on the bastard of the sea
And a ghost of a highwayman sails, her, ya!
So, Katie, bar the door, the Devil's here again
He's looking for a savior, he's looking for a friend
The Devil drinks in places you and I have never been
So Katie, bar the door, and never let him in