Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bars-The Andrews Sisters/Johnny Mercer/The Pied Pipers

[ti:Beat Me Danny, Eight To The Bar] [ar:The Andrews Sisters] [al:Nostalgic Memories - Andrews Sisters - V 02] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bars - The Andrews Sisters/Johnny Mercer/The Pied Pipers [00:07.63]In a little honky-tonky village in Texas [00:09.68] [00:10.62]There's a guy who plays the best piano by far [00:13.02] [00:13.54]He can play piano any way that you like it [00:16.09] [00:16.74]But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar [00:19.22] [00:20.06]When he plays it's a ball [00:21.60]He's the daddy of them all [00:22.96] [00:25.55]The people gather around when he gets on the stand [00:28.42] [00:29.09]Then when he plays he gets a hand [00:31.27] [00:32.02]The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance [00:34.52] [00:35.13]Nobody there bothers to dance [00:37.23] [00:37.81]But when he plays with the bass and guitar [00:39.83] [00:40.36]They holler out "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar" [00:43.50] [00:44.15]A-plink a-plank a-plink plank plink plank [00:46.84] [00:47.40]A-plunking on the keys [00:48.27] [00:50.39]A-riff a-raff a-riff raff riff raff [00:53.17]A-riffing out with ease [00:54.09] [00:56.15]And when he plays with the bass and guitar [00:58.09] [00:58.73]They holler out "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar" [01:01.96] [01:08.43]He plays a boogie he plays eight to the bar [01:11.40]A boogie-woogie that is the way he likes to play on his piano [01:15.47] [01:16.67]And we all know [01:17.46] [01:18.22]That when he plays he puts them all in a trance [01:20.96]The cats all holler "Hooray" [01:22.21] [01:23.08]You'll hear them say "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar" [01:26.44] [01:45.70]In a little honky-tonky village in Texas [01:49.69] [01:51.34]There's a guy who plays the best piano by far [01:54.82] [01:57.42]When he plays with the bass and guitar [02:02.50] [02:03.52]They holler [02:04.08]"Beat me up Daddy beat me Daddy eight to the bar" [02:07.97] [02:09.78]The people gather around when he gets up on the stand [02:12.34]Then when he plays he gets a hand [02:16.23]The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance [02:19.10]Nobody there ever bothers to dance [02:21.30] [02:22.01]But when he plays with the bass and guitar [02:23.88] [02:24.50]They holler out "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar" [02:27.76] [02:28.52]A-plink plink a-plank plank a-plink plank plink plank [02:32.99]A-plunking on the keys [02:34.10] [02:34.79]A-riff riff a-raff raff a-riff raff riff raff [02:39.26]A-riffing out with ease [02:40.55]But when he plays with the bass and guitar [02:43.01]They holler out "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar"