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
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.
Say the lecture will be held
They (Yes?), say... (What did they say?)Ma says,
Pa says, we must keep on talking
For if we keep on talking,
But if we go out walking,
we won't keep on talking.
We'll walk and talk beneath the moon'Cos Ma says,
Pa says,... We can marry soon