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Audio: K-K-K-Katy Billed as "The Sensational Stammering Song Success Sung by the Soldiers and Sailors", K-K-K-Katy was written by Geoffrey O'Hara and published in 1918. Hugely popular it was regarded as something of a 'goodbye' song. The 'Katy' in the song was Katherine Richardson of Kingston, and was composed at Richardson's house in 1917 by O'Hara (although curiously Katherine did not actually possess a stutter). The song was first played at a garden party fund-raiser for the Red Cross in Collins Bay on Lake Ontario. O'Hara himself was from Chatham in Ontario and taught music at Ontario University. He lived until the age of 84, passing away on 27 January 1967. Click here to listen to a version of the song performed by Billy Murray in 1918 (MP3 format 1,288kb) K-K-K-Katy Jimmy was a soldier brave
and bold, K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, No one ever looked so nice
and neat, K-K-K-Katy, beautiful Katy, |