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!