# "bar"--spiritual connotation & meaning

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**Created:** [September 23, 2000, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bar-spiritual-connotation-meaning/34293 "2000-09-23T19:34:23Z")\
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In Tom Lehrer’s song “We Will All Go Toigether When We Go,” the second verse starts:  
_Oh, we will all char together when we char,  
And let there be no moaning of the bar._  
And in an episode of \*The Beverly Hillbillies, Granny is singing a hymn “Back in the corner where you are,” and one line ends with the word “bar.”  
What does the word mean as Lehrer and Granny used it?