In a little honkytonky village in Texas Theres a guy who plays the best piano by far He can play piano any way that you like it But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar When he plays, its a ball Hes 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 beats puts the cats in a trance Nobody there bothers to dance But when he plays with the bass and guitar They holler out, Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar Aplink, aplank, aplink plank, plink plank Aplunkin on the keys Ariff, araff, ariff raff, riff raff Ariffin out with ease And when he plays with the bass and guitar They holler out, Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar He plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bar A boogiewoogie, that is the way he likes to play on his piano And we all know That when he plays he puts them all in a trance The cats all holler Hooray Youll hear them say, Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar instrumental break In a little honkytonky village in Texas Theres a guy who plays the best piano by far When he plays with the bass and guitar They holler, Beat me up Daddy, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar The people gather around when he gets up on the stand Then when he plays, he gets a hand The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance Nobody there ever bothers to dance But when he plays with the bass and guitar They holler out, Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar Aplink plink, aplank plank, aplink plank, plink plank Aplunkin on the keys Ariff riff, araff raff, ariff raff, riff raff Ariffin out with ease But when he plays with the bass and guitar They holler out, Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar
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