Beat Me Daddy - 1940

Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK - 14 Sept 2001

In a dinky honky tonky village in Texas
there's a guy who plays
the best piano by far.
He can play piano
any way that you like it.
But the style he likes the best
is eight to the bar;
when he plays 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 band.
The rhythm he beats
puts the cats in a trance,
nobody there bothers to dance
but when he jams with the bass and guitar
they holler "Aw, Beat Me, Daddy,
eight to a bar."
A plink, a plank,
a plink plank plink plank
plunkin' on the keys.
A riff, a raff,
a riff raff riff raff
riffin' out with ease
and when he jams with the bass and guitar
they holler: "Aw, Beat Me, Daddy,
Eight to a bar."

The people gather around
when he gets on the stand,
then when he plays he gets a band.
The rhythm he beats
puts the cats in a trance,
nobody there bothers to dance
but when he jams with the bass and guitar
they holler "Aw, Beat Me, Daddy,
eight to a bar."
A plink, a plank,
a plink plank plink plank
plunkin' on the keys.
A riff, a raff,
a riff raff riff raff
riffin' out with ease
and when he jams with the bass and guitar
they holler: "Aw, Beat Me, Daddy,
Eight to a bar."

Soft karaoke
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Beat Me Daddy 1940

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Beat Me Daddy 1940
by Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Eleanor Sheehy
© MCMXL Leeds Music Corporation, USA
MacMelodies Ltd., London
sequenced for Piano by Dr. Pitt-Payne in London UK
on Friday 14 Sept 2001 at 22.53
in association with Doug Grierson
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© James Pitt-Payne, London UK, 2001
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