Beat Me Daddy (Eight To The Bar)

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[Intro]
Oh! Beat me Daddy - eight to the bar!

[Verse]
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 there bothers to dance
And when he plays with the bass and guitar
They holler: "Oh! Beat me Daddy - eight to the bar!"

[Chorus]
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!"

[Outro]
Oh! Beat him Freddie - eight to the bar!

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[Instrumental]

[Outro - shout in unison]
Oh! Beat me Daddy - eight to the bar!

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• Saxes - Art Mendelsohn , Jo Jo Huffman , Nick Ciazza , Sam Sachelle
• Trumpets - Al Mitchell (3) , Joe Wiedman , Steve Lipkins
• Trombones - Bill Corti , Jim Emert , Will Bradley
• Guitar - Steve Jordan
• Bass - Doc Goldberg
• Piano - Freddie Slack
• Drums, Vocals - Ray McKinley

Columbia 35530 (1940)