Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar-HERB JEFFRIES

[ti:Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar ] [ar:HERB JEFFRIES] [al:The Orchestra Legends Vol 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Beat Me Daddy, Eight To The Bar - HERB JEFFRIES [00:24.57]In a little honky-tonky village in Texas [00:27.35]There's a guy who plays the best piano by far [00:30.14]He can play piano any way that you like it [00:32.89]But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar [00:35.45]When he plays it's a ball [00:37.44]He's the daddy of them all [00:39.09] [00:40.28]The people gather around [00:42.58]When he gets on the stand [00:44.23]Then when he plays he gets a hand [00:46.43] [00:47.05]The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance [00:49.79]Nobody there bothers to dance [00:52.23]But when he plays with the bass and guitar [00:54.57]They holler out "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar" [00:58.20]A-plink a-plank a-plink a-plank a-plink a-plank [01:00.55]A-plunkin' on the keys [01:02.25] [01:04.04]A-riff a-raff a-riff a-raff [01:06.05]A-riff a-raff a-riffin' out with ease [01:07.84] [01:08.88]And when he plays with the bass and guitar [01:11.70]They holler out "Beat me Daddy eight to the bar"