Ma Says, Pa Says

Go tell your mother you're steppin' out with me
Say that we'll be dancing and
You won't be home till three
Go tell your father he needn't pace the floor
Promise at the stroke of three
You'll tiptoe 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 dancin'
Ma says pa says
We must keep on dancin'
For if we keep on dancin'
We won't start romancin'
But if we start romancin'
We won't keep on dancin'
Well now go tell your mother
I'm taking you out to dine
Tell her this here restaurant the cookin' is divine
Then 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
Well now 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 that 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 talkin'
Ma says pa says
We must keep on talkin'
For if we keep on talkin'
We won't go out walkin'
But if we go out walkin'
We won't keep on talkin'
We'll date and debate
We'll meet and eat
We'll walk and talk beneath the moon
'Cause ma says pa says
We can marry soon