Mambo Italiano  Bob Merrill

A girl went back to Napoli because she missed the scenery
The native dancers and the charming songs
But wait a minute, something's wrong...


'Cause now it's hey mambo, mambo, Italiano!
Hey mambo, mambo, Italiano!
Go, go, Joe, you mixed up Siciliano
All you Calabrese do the mambo like crazy


And hey Mambo! Don't wanna tarantella
Hey Mambo! No more-a mozzarella
Hey Mambo! Mambo, Italiano
Try an enchilada with a fish-a-barcalada


Hey, goombah! I love-a how you dance rumba
But take-a some advice paisano, learn how to mambo
If you're gonna be a square
You're never gonna go nowhere


Hey! Mambo, mambo, Italiano!
Hey! Mambo, mambo, Italiano!
Go, go, Joe, shake-a like a Giovano, hullo, quesadicha!
You getta happy in the feets-a when you mambo, Italiano!


Shake-a, baby, shake-a 'cause I love-a when you take-a me
Mama say stop-a or I'm gonna tell-a Papa


Hey Jagool! You don't-a have to go to school
Just make a little beef flambino, it's-a like-a vino
Kid, you're good-lookin'
But you don't know what's-a cookin' till you


Hey! Mambo, mambo, Italiano!
Hey! Mambo, mambo, Italiano!
Go, go, Joe, you mixed up Siciliano, it's-a so delish-a
Everybody gonna preshi-ada, mambo, Italiano!