[Verse]
"How come, Henry dear?"
Said Missus Henry Brown
"You always disappear
When the evening sun goes down?
You eat my meat and drink my chicken soup
Then I notice that you fly the coop
You can't pass through this door
Without your mama any more

[Chorus]
"'Cause mama goes where papa goes
Or papa don't go out tonight!
Mama goes 'cause mama knows
You can't be trusted out of her sight
Mama's got a feeling that she must be near
Just to help her papa keep his conscience clear
So mama goes where papa goes
Or papa don't go out tonight, no!
Papa don't go out tonight"

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
"Teacher used to tell me when I went to school
Any gal who trusts a man's a doggone fool
So mama goes where papa goes
Or papa don't go out tonight, I mean
Papa don't go out tonight"