Hey Maria, Papa said You’d better go to bed Maria, Mama said You’d better go to bed And little sister said You’d better go to bed The elder brother said You heard what Papa said You’d better say good night You better shut the light And Papa told you No, you can’t go out tonight But Papa didn’t know Maria had a date And couldn’t let him wait
So in a little while She waited till the lights were low She went out of the window To her beau And so…
There a lotta huggin’ and A lotta kissin’ and A lotta huggin’ and A lotta kissin’ and A lotta happy talk A lotta moon above But very little time A very little time to make a lotta love To make a lotta love Which is a normal thing To make a lotta love For it was summer time When all the crickets sing And in the summer time
When anyone’s in love The crickets sing a happy song But they didn’t do their repertoire for long
Suddenly the Papa came And then the Mama came And then the sister came And then the brother came And then the Uncle came And then the cousin came And everybody came
And I can tell this It was a dirty shame Because the Papa came And then the Mama came And then the sister came And then the brother came And then the Uncle came And then the cousin came And everybody came