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Get Up And Bar The Door by Ewan MacColl - Guitar Chords
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Version 1
[Verse]
C
IT fell about the Martinmas time,
F G C
And a gay time it was then-o,
F C
When our good wife got puddings to make,
D G
And she’s boild them in the pan-o.
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
The wind sae cauld blew south and north,
F G C
And blew into the floor-o;
F C
Quoth our goodman to our goodwife,
D G
“Gae 1 out and bar the door-o.”
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
“My hand is in my hussyfskap,
F G C
Goodman, as ye may see-o;
F C
An it shoud nae be barrd this hundred year,
D G
It’s no be barrd for me-o.”
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
They made a paction tween them twa,
F G C
They made it firm and sure-o,
F C
That the first word whaeer shoud speak,
D G
Shoud rise and bar the door-o.
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
Then by there came two gentlemen,
F G C
At twelve o’clock at night-o,
F C
And they could neither see house nor hall,
D G
Nor coal nor candle-light-o.
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
“Now whether is this a rich man’s house,
F G C
Or whether is it a poor-o?”
F C
But neer a word wad ane o them speak,
D G
For barring of the door-o.
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
And first they ate the white puddings,
F G C
And then they ate the black-o;
F C
Tho muckle thought the goodwife to hersel,
D G
Yet neer a word she spake-o.
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
Then said the one unto the other,
F G C
“Here, man, tak ye my knife-o;
F C
Do ye tak aff the auld man’s beard,
D G
And I’ll kiss the goodwife-o.”
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
“But there’s nae water in the house,
F G C
And what shall we do than-o?”
F C
“What ails thee at the pudding-broo,
D G
That boils into the pan-o?”
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
O up then started our goodman,
F G C
An angry man was he-o:
F C
“Will ye kiss my wife before my een,
D G
And scad 4 me wi pudding-bro?”
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
[Verse]
C
Then up and started our goodwife,
F G C
Gied three skips on the floor-o:
F C
“Goodman, you’ve spoken the foremost word,
D G
Get up and bar the door-o.”
[Chorus]
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
C F G
The Barrin' O' the Door weel weel weel,
C G C
The Barrin' O' the Door weel.
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