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Get Up And Bar The Door by Ewan MacColl - Guitar Chords

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            [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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