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