[jQuery] removing table rows except the first one

[con-man-jake]

Can anyone please confirm the syntax of what I am doing

I have a table with id="tbl", it has 4 rows.  I need to remove all
rows except the first one.

It has "tbody".

Is this the way to do it

$("#tbl > tbody > tr:gt(0)").remove();

If this is the way to do it, it is not working.

Any help is appreciated.
jake