Annotation:Katy Bar the Door
X:1 T:Katy Bar the Door C:Unknown composer M:4/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=120 K:D N:From the playing of Rayna Gellert N:and Susie Goehring on the album N:Starch and Iron N:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMM01NW-CSw N:Transcribed roughly by Jan Howard 2022 D2-|: "D" DFDB Bd d2 | "D" e f2 e f2 ef | "D" g2 g2 fgfd | "A" A3 A A2 ef | "A"g2 g2 fgfA |"G" G2 G2 B3 B | "A" A2 A2 B2 c2 |1"D" d3 d d2 D2- :|2 "D" d3 d d2 e2- || |: "D" eefe dABc |"D" d2 f2 f2 ff |"D" eefe dABG | "A" A3 B ABdd | "D" fded BdAF | "G" G2 G2 B3 B | "A" A2 A2 B2 c2 |1 "D" d3 d d2 e2- :|2 "D" d3 d d4 ||
KATY BAR THE DOOR. AKA - "Katie, Bar the Door." American, Reel (cut time). G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AA'BB'. From the banjo and fiddle playing of Grayson County, southwest Virginia, musician Roscoe Parish (1897-1984). The phrase "Katie, bar the door" is an Americanism that roughly means "Watch out, there's trouble ahead and you'd better be ready."
