A boogie woogie song from 1940.
Words and music by Don Raye, Hughie Prince & Eleanore Sheehy.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
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
Refrain
The people gather around when he gets on the stand
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
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 the 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 the bar”
Sung here by Fred Feild.
Player piano roll QRS 7324 played by J. Lawrence Cook.
Video by Vancha March: