Dean Martin – Mambo Italiano Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
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Mambo Italiano Lyrics

[Intro]
A boy went back to Napoli
Because he missed the scenery
The native dances and the charming songs
But wait a minute
Something's wrong!
'Cause now it's

[Verse 1]
Hey mambo, mambo Italiano hey mambo mambo Italiano
Go go go, you mixed up Siciliano
All you Calabrese do the mambo like-a crazy with the
Hey mambo don't wanna tarantella, hey mambo no more mozzarella
Hey mambo mambo Italiano
Try an enchilada with a fish baccala

[Verse 2]
Hey goomba I love how you dance the rumba
But take some advice paisano learn-a how to mambo
If you're gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go nowhere
Hey mambo mambo Italiano hey hey mambo mambo Italiano
Go go Joe shake like a Giovanno
E lo che se dice you get happy in the feets-a when you
Mambo Italiano

[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
Hey chadrool you don't-a have to go to the school
Just make it with a big bambino
It's like Vino
Kid you good-a looking but you don't-a know what's cooking 'til you

[Verse 4]
Hey mambo mambo Italiano
Hey hey mambo mambo Italiano
Ho ho ho you mixed up Siciliano
E lo che se dice you get happy in the feets-a when you
Mambo Italiano

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Dean Martin’s cover of “Mambo Italiano”, originally a hit for Rosemary Clooney.

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