Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar 

- written by Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Eleanore Sheehy 

- as recorded by The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen 

& His Orchestra, August 28, 1940 



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 plays, 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 he beats puts the cats in a trance 

Nobody there bothers to dance 

But when he plays with the bass and guitar 

They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" 



A-plink, a-plank, a-plink plank, plink plank 

A-plunkin' on the keys 

A-riff, a-raff, a-riff raff, riff raff 

A-riffin' out with ease 

And when he plays with the bass and guitar 

They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" 



He plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bar 

A boogie-woogie, that is the way he likes to play on his piano 

And we all know 

That when he plays he puts them all in a trance 

The cats all holler "Hooray" 

You'll hear them say, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" 



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In a little honky-tonky village in Texas 

There's a guy who plays the best piano by far 

When he plays with the bass and guitar 

They holler, "Beat me up Daddy, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" 



The people gather around when he gets up on the stand 

Then when he plays, he gets a hand 

The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance 

Nobody there ever bothers to dance 

But when he plays with the bass and guitar 

They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" 



A-plink plink, a-plank plank, a-plink plank, plink plank 

A-plunkin' on the keys 

A-riff riff, a-raff raff, a-riff raff, riff raff 

A-riffin' out with ease 

But when he plays with the bass and guitar 

They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar