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, 1940in a little honky-tonky village in texasthere's a guy who plays the best piano by farhe can play piano any way that you like itbut the way he likes to play is eight to the barwhen he plays, it's a ballhe's the daddy of them allthe people gather around when he gets on the standthen when he plays, he gets a handthe rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trancenobody there bothers to dancebut when he plays with the bass and guitarthey holler out, "beat me daddy, eight to the bar"a-plink, a-plank, a-plink plank, plink planka-plunkin' on the keysa-riff, a-raff, a-riff raff, riff raffa-riffin' out with easeand when he plays with the bass and guitarthey holler out, "beat me daddy, eight to the bar"he plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bara boogie-woogie, that is the way he likes to play on his pianoand we all knowthat when he plays he puts them all in a trancethe cats all holler "hooray"you'll hear them say, "beat me daddy, eight to the bar"----- instrumental break -----in a little honky-tonky village in texasthere's a guy who plays the best piano by farwhen he plays with the bass and guitarthey holler, "beat me up daddy, beat me daddy, eight to the bar"the people gather around when he gets up on the standthen when he plays, he gets a handthe rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trancenobody there ever bothers to dancebut when he plays with the bass and guitarthey holler out, "beat me daddy, eight to the bar"a-plink plink, a-plank plank, a-plink plank, plink planka-plunkin' on the keysa-riff riff, a-raff raff, a-riff raff, riff raffa-riffin' out with easebut when he plays with the bass and guitarthey holler out, "beat me daddy, eight to the bar"