Lyrics Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) Part 1 - Will Bradley & His Orchestra, Freddie Slack

Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) Part 1

In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
There’s a guy who plays the best piano by far
He can play piano any way that you like it
But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar
When he jams, it’s a ball
He’s the daddy of them all
The people gather around when he gets on the stand
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
The rhythm that he beats puts them cats in a trance
Nobody ther bothers to dance
And when h plays with the bass and guitar
They holler: «Oh!
Beat me Daddy — eight to the bar!»
A-plink, a-plank
A-plink plank, plink plank
Plonkin' on the keys
A-riff, a-raff
A-riff raff, riff raff
Riffin' out with ease
And when he jams with the bass and guitar
They holler: «Oh!
Beat me Daddy — eight to the bar!»
Oh!
Beat him Freddie — eight to the bar!