Oh beat me Daddy, eight to the bar 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 you like it But the kind he plays the best is eight to the bar When he jams, 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 plays puts the cats in a trance Nobody there bothers to dance But when he jams with the bass and guitar They holler, "oh 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 jams with the bass and guitar They holler, "oh beat me Daddy, eight to the bar" ----- instrumental break ----- Oh beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"