Hey Maria pappa said you'd better go to bed

Maria mamma said you'd better go to bed

And little sister said you'd better go to bed

The older brother said

You heard what pappa said

You'd better say goodnight

You'd better shut the light



And pappa told you no,

You can't go out tonight



But pappa 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 to the window to her beau

And so...



There was a lot of huggin' and

A lot of kissin' and

A lot of huggin' and

A lot of kissin' and

A lot of happy talk

A lot of moon above

But very little time

But very little time



To make a lot of love

To make a lot of love

Which is a normal thing

To make a lot of love

For it was summertime

When all the crickets sing

And in the summertime



When anyone's in love

The crickets sing a happy song

But they didn't do their repertoire for long



Suddenly the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the uncle came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



And I can tell you,

This, it was a dirty shame

Because the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



I can tell you this,

Do-do-do-do





When anyone's in love

The crickets sing a happy song

But they didn't do their repertoire for long



Suddenly the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the uncle came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



And I can tell you,

This, it was a dirty shame

Because the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



And I can tell you

Suddenly the pappa came,

and then the mamma came,

and then the sister came,

and then the brother came,

And then the uncle came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



And I can tell you,

This, it was a dirty shame

Because the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



And I can tell you

Suddenly the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the uncle came,

And then the cousin came,

And even --- came,



And I can tell you,

This, it was a dirty shame

Because the pappa came,

And then the mamma came,

And then the sister came,

And then the brother came,

And then the cousin came!