Go tell mother you're steppin' out with me, Say that we'll be dancing and you be home till three! Go tell your father he needn't the floor, Promise at the stroke of you'll tiptoe through the door!
I my mother And I told my And
What did they
Ma says, pa says, We must on dancin'! Ma says, pa says, We keep on dancin'! For if we on dancin', We start romancin'! But if we romancin', We keep on dancin'!
Well now, go tell your I'm taking you out to dine, Tell her here restaurant, the cookin' is divine! Then go tell your father got an appetite, Say that so hungry, you could eat all through the night!
I my mother And I my father And
What did they
Ma says, pa says, We must on eating! Ma says, pa says, We must on eating! For if we on eating, Our lips be meeting! But if our are meeting, We keep on eating!
Well now, go tell your tonight you've got a date, Say that you and I be attending a little debate! Go tell your I'm gonna make a speech, Say that the lecture be held upon a sandy beach!
I told my And I told my And
What did they
Ma says, pa says, We must on talkin'! Ma says, pa says, We keep on talkin'! For if we on talkin', We go out walkin'! But if we go out walkin', We keep on talkin'!
We'll and debate!
meet and eat!
We'll walk and talk the moon!
ma says, ma says, We can soon!