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Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar
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- written by Don Raye, Hughie Prince and Eleanore Sheehy
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- as recorded by The Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen
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& His Orchestra, August 28, 1940
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In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
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There's a guy who plays the best piano by far
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He can play piano any way that you like it
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But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar
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When he plays, it's a ball
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He's the daddy of them all
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The people gather around when he gets on the stand
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Then when he plays, he gets a hand
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The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance
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Nobody there bothers to dance
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But when he plays with the bass and guitar
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They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
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A-plink, a-plank, a-plink plank, plink plank
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A-plunkin' on the keys
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A-riff, a-raff, a-riff raff, riff raff
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A-riffin' out with ease
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And when he plays with the bass and guitar
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They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
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He plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bar
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A boogie-woogie, that is the way he likes to play on his piano
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And we all know
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That when he plays he puts them all in a trance
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The cats all holler "Hooray"
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You'll hear them say, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
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In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
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There's a guy who plays the best piano by far
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When he plays with the bass and guitar
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They holler, "Beat me up Daddy, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
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The people gather around when he gets up on the stand
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Then when he plays, he gets a hand
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The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance
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Nobody there ever bothers to dance
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But when he plays with the bass and guitar
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They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
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A-plink plink, a-plank plank, a-plink plank, plink plank
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A-plunkin' on the keys
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A-riff riff, a-raff raff, a-riff raff, riff raff
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A-riffin' out with ease
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But when he plays with the bass and guitar
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They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
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Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
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Will Bradley |