Annotation:Katie Bar the Door

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 KATIE BAR THE DOOR. AKA and see "Katy Bar the Door." Old-Time, Breakdown. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB. From the banjo playing of Roscoe Parrish (1897-1984), Galax, Carroll County, Virginia. This ditty is sung with the tune. Katy bar your door, Katy bar your door; The Indians jumping all around your house, Katy bar your door.  Source for notated version:  Printed sources: Silberberg (Tunes I Learned at Tractor Tavern), 2002; p. 81.  Recorded sources: HS 2000, Harmony Sisters - "The Early Years". Heritage 070, Roscoe Parish - "Old Time Way" (1986)

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