Ma Says, Pa Says

Ma Says, Pa Says - Doris Day

Written by：Josef Marais

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