Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" is a song written in 1940 by Don Raye, Hughie Prince, and Ray McKinley. It follows the American boogie-woogie tradition of syncopated piano music. In some versions the title is punctuated "Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar)" or "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar," or written "Beat Me, Daddy, Eight to a Bar."