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 sicialiano
all you calabraise-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 da fish a bac a lab and then a
hey goombah, i love a how you dance a rhumbah
but take a some advice paisano
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 like a giovanno
hello kess-a-deetch-a 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 go to papa"
and a hey ja drool you don't a have to go to school
just make-a wid da 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 come copisha
how to mambo italianoooooo!
'ats nice!
unh!