Uploaded March 2012 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago

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KKK-Katy, a barbershop quartet classic... a cappella!
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A one man a cappella multitrack render of the barbershop classic K-K-K-Katy (also known as K-K-K-Katie).

"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 fun could be poked at speech impediments—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. Finally he managed to talk to Katy, the "maid with hair of gold." The chorus is what he spoke:

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 cowshed,
I'll be waiting at the k-k-k-kitchen door.