Katie, Bar The Door lyrics

Katie, bar the door, the Devil's here again

He's looking for a saviour, 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

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

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 saviour, 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