Ma Says, Pa Says with Doris Day - 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