K-K-K-Katy
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"K-K-K-Katy" was a popular World War I-era song written by Geoffrey O'Hara in 1917 and published in 1918. The sheet music advertised it as "The Sensational Stammering Song Success Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors," reflecting a time when speech impediments could be poked fun at—albeit gentle fun in this case. The song tells the story of Jimmy, a young soldier "brave and bold," who stuttered when he tried to speak to girls.
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- Jimmy was a soldier brave and bold,
- Katy was a maid with hair of gold
- Like an act of fate,
- Kate was standing at the gate,
- Watching all the boys on dress parade.
- Jimmy with the girls was just a gawk,
- Stuttered ev'ry time he tried to talk,
- Still that night at eight,
- He was there at Katy's gate,
- Stuttering to her this lovesick cry.
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(Chorus)
- K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy,
- You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore;
- When the m-m-m-moon shines,
- Over the cow shed,
- I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.
- (repeat)
- No one ever looked so nice and neat,
- No one could be just as cute and sweet,
- That's what Jimmy thought,
- When the wedding ring he bought,
- Now he's off to France the foe to meet.
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- Jimmy thought he'd like to take a chance,
- See if he could make the Kaiser dance,
- Stepping to a tune,
- All about the silvr'y moon,
- This is what they hear in far off France.
(Chorus)
- K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy,
- You're the only g-g-g-girl that I adore;
- When the m-m-m-moon shines,
- Over the cow shed,
- I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door,
- (repeat)
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923.
The author died in 1967, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 30 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. |
