This is reminiscent of the South African ditty sung by Josef Marais and Miranda,

MA SAYS, PA SAYS

1) 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 tiptoe 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.

2) Go tell your mother, (I'll tell my mother)
I'm taking you to dine. (I'll tell my mother)
Say that at this restaurant the cooking is divine.
Go tell your father, (I'll tell my father)
You've got an appetite. (I'll tell my father)
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.

3) Go tell your mother, tonight you've got a date.
Say that you and I will be attending a debate.
Go tell your father that I will 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.
Ma says, Pa says, Now who cares what they say?

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