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

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!