This version is from Broadside Magazine, #5 (May 1962)- available free at https://singout.org/broadside/

GO LIMP
(Alex Comfort)
[tune: Sweet Betsey from Pike]

Oh Daughter, dear Daughter, Take warning from me
And don't you go marching With the young C-N-D.
For they'll rock you and roll you And shove you into bed.
And if they steal your nuclear secrets You'll wish you were dead.

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.

Oh Mother, dear Mother, I am not afraid.
For I'll go on that march And I'll return a maid.
With a brick in my handbag And a scowl on my face
And barbed wire in my underwear To shed off disgrace.

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.

But as they were marching, A young man came by
With a beard on his chin And a gleam in his eye.
And before she had time To remember her brick,
They were holding a sitdown On a neighboring hayrick.

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.

Now once at the briefing, She'd heard a man say,
"Go perfectly limp, And be carried away."
So when this chap suggested It was time she was kissed,
She remembered her briefing And did not resist.

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.

Oh meeting is pleasure And parting is pain.
I don't need to sing All that folk stuff again.
O Mother, O Mother, I'm stiff and I'm sore
From sleeping three nights On a hard classroom floor.

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.

Now mother, don't flap, There's no need for distress
That marcher has left me His name and address.
And if we win, Though a baby there be,
He won't have to march Like his da-da and me.

Singing too-ra-li, oo-ra-li, oo-ra-li-ay.


Recorded by Matt McGinn on The Best of Broadside, Vol. 1 (Folkways), and by Nina Simone

Also known as The Young CND" (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament)

Slightly different transcription at: https://www.antiwarsongs.org/canzone.php?lang=en&id=51592

Nina Simone performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWpq4uHjG5s
The major change Nina Simone made in the song lyrics, was to change "CND" to "NAACP."

Matt McGinn recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R2Je1Mdspk (may not play in all countries)

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Notes from Smithsonian/Folkways The Best of Broadside 1962-1988:

The writer of this song, Dr. Alex Comfort (1920-2000), had an illustrious career. A medical doctor, Dr. Comfort was an expert on geriatrics. He also wrote extensively on political issues. Among the songs he wrote was "One Man's Hands" (Broadside #2), which was performed by Pete Seeger.
Comfort is probably best known to contemporary audiences as the author of the popular Joy of Sex books.
Jazz singer Nina Simone took the song and rearranged it as a civil rights march.