Ma Says Pa Says - Johnnie Ray
Go tell your mother you're stepping out with me
Say that we'll be dancing and you won't be home til three
Go tell your father he needn't pace the floor
Promise at the stroke of three you'll tip toe through the door
I told my mother and i told my father and
They yes say what did they say
Ma says pa says we must keep on dancing
Ma says pa says we must keep on dancing
For if we keep on dancing we won't start romancing
But if we start romancing we won't keep on dancing
Go tell your mother
I'm taking you out to dine
Tell her this here restaurant the cooking is divine
Go tell your father
You've got an appetite
Say that you're so hungry you could eat all through the night
I told my mother and i told my father and
They yes say what did they say
Ma says pa says we must keep on eating
Ma says pa says we must keep on eating
For if we keep on eating our lips can't be meeting
But if our lips are meeting we won't keep on eating
Go tell your mother tonight you've got a date
Say that you and i will be attending a little debate
Go tell your father i'm gonna make a speech
Say the lecture will be held upon a sandy beach
I told my mother and i told my father and
They yes say what did they say
Ma says pa says we must keep on talking
Ma says pa says we must keep on talking
For if we keep on talking we won't go out walking
But if we go out walking we won't keep on talking
We'll date and debate
We'll meet and eat
We'll walk and talk beneath the moon
Cos ma says pa says we can marry soon
