Mambo Italiano

A girl went back to Napoli,

because she missed the scenery.

The native dances and the charming songs,

But wait a minute, something is wrong-

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Go go go, you mixedup Siciliano.

All you Calabrese do the mambo like a crazy with a

Hey mambo,

don't wanna tarantella,

Hey mambo,

no more mozzarella.

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Try an enchilada with a fishy bacalla and a

Hey gumba!*

I love how you dance rumba

but take some advice paesano*, learn how to mambo

if you're gonna be a square you ain't gonna go nowhere!

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Go go Joe, shake it like a Giovanno,

E lo que se dice*,

you get-a happy in the feets-a when you;

Mambo Italiano!

Shake it baby shake it 'cause I love it when you take-a me

Mama say "stop, or I am gonna tell papa." and-a

Hey giadrul*, you don't have to go to school.

Just make wid the beat bambino it's like a vino*.

Kid you good looking, but you don't know what is cooking till you

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Hey mambo,

Mambo Italiano!

Ho ho ho (go go Joe), you mixed up Siciliano.

it's so delish-a* everybody can capisce* how to;

Mambo Italiano!

• Artist:Rosemary Clooney