When you see a gentleman bee Round a lady bee buzzin' Just count to ten, count again There's sure to be an even dozen Multiplication That's the name of the game And each generation They play the same Now, there was two butterflies castin' their eyes Both in the same direction You'd never guess that one little yes Could start a butterfly collection Multiplication That's the name of the game And each generation Well, they play it the same Let me tell you now I might say one and one is five You can call me a silly goat But you can take two minks add two winks And you get one mink coat When a girl gets coy in front of a boy After three or four dances Ah, you can just bet she'll play hard to get To multiply her chances Multiplication That's the name of the game And each generation You know they play it the same Multiplication That's the name of the game And each generation You know they play it the same Hear me talkin' 'bout the mother nature, she's a clever girl She relies on habit You take two hares with no cares And pretty soon you got a room full of rabbits Parakeets in-between tweets Sometimes get too quiet But have no fear 'cause soon you'll hear A parakeet's riot just try it Multiplication That's the name of the game And each generation You know they play it the same Multiplication That's the name of the game And each generation You know they play it the same