Ma Says, Pa Says

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