Mambo Italiano
Composer(s): Bob Merrill
Originally performed by: Rosemary Clooney
Covered by various other artists



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

Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano!
Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano
Go, go, go you mixed up Siciliano
All you Calabrese -a do the mambo like a crazy with a. . .

Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella
Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella
Hey mambo! Mambo italiano!
Try an enchilada with the fish a baccalà and a. .  .
Hey cumpà, I love a how you dance a rumba
But take a some advice paesano
Learn how to mambo!
If you gonna be a square - You ain't a gonna go nowhere

Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Hey mambo! mambo italiano!
Go, go, Joe, shake a like a Giovanno
Come lei dice -ah you getta happy in the feets-a? Aye . . .
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"

And a hey cetriolo you don't a have to go to school
Just make-it with the beat bambino. . .
It's a like a vino
Kid you good a lookin' but you don't a-know what's cookin' till you. . .

Hey mambo, Mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Mambo italiano
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano
it's a so delish-a ev'rybody can capisci. . .
how to mambo italianoooooo!

'Ats nice!

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