Go tell your mother
You're stepping out with me
Say that we'll be dancing
And you wont 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.
Wadda 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 wont start romancin'
But if we start romancin
We wont keep on dancin'

Well now
Go tell your mother
I'm takin' you out to dine
Tell her at this here restaurant
The cooking is divine
And 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.
Wadda 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 wont keep on eating

Well now,
Go tell you 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
Wadda 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 wont go out walkin'
But if we go out walkin'
We wont keep on talkin'

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

