Children!Lovers!Fantastic!Geese!How clever we are!How crafty to knowTo manipulate children,You merely say no.Oh,Dogs got to bark,A mule's got to bray,Soldiers must fight,And preachers must pray,And children, I guess,Must get their own wayThe minute that you say no.Why did the kids pour jam on the cat,Raspberry jam all over the cat?Why should the kids do something like thatWhen all that we said was no?My son was once afraid to swim,The water made him wince,Until I said he mustn't swim.He's been swimming ever since.He's been swimming ever since.Oh,Dogs got to bark,A mule's got to bray,Soldiers must fight,And preachers must pray,And children, I guess,Must get their own wayThe minute that you say no.Why did the kids put beans in their ears?No one can hear with beans in their ears.After a while, the reason appears,They did it cause we said no.Your daughter brings a young man in,Says, do you like him, Pa?Just say that he's a fool, and thenYou've got a son-in-law.You've got a son-in-law.Oh,Sure as a June comes right after May,Sure as a night comes right after day,You can be sure the devil's to payThe minute that you say no.Make sure you never sayNo!