[Verse 1]
Oh Daughter, dear Daughter
Take warning from me
And don't you go marching
With the N-A-A-C-P
For they'll rock you and roll you
And shove you into bed
And if they steal your nuclear secret
You'll wish you were dead

[Chorus]
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay

[Verse 2]
Oh Mother, dear Mother
No, I'm not afraid
For I'll go on that march
And I'll return a virgin maid
With a brick in my handbag
And a smile on my face
And barbed wire in my underwear
To shed off disgrace

[Chorus]
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
[Verse 3]
One day they were marching
A young man came by
With a beard on his cheek
And a gleam in his eye
And before she had time
To remember her brick...
They were holding a sit-down
On a nearby hay-rick

[Chorus]
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay

[Verse 4]
For meeting is pleasure
And parting is pain
And if I have a great concert
Maybe I won't have to sing those folk songs again
Oh Mother, dear Mother
I'm stiff and I'm sore
From sleeping three nights
On a hard classroom floor

[Chorus]
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
[Verse 5]
One day at the briefing
She'd heard a man say
"Go perfectly limp
And be carried away"
So when this young man suggested
It was time she was kissed
She remembered her brief
And did not resist

[Chorus]
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay
Singin' too roo li, too roo li, too roo li ay

[Outro]
Oh Mother, dear Mother
No need for distress
For the young man has left me
His name and address
And if we win
Tho' a baby there be
He won't have to march
Like his da-da and me