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
Hey, mambo, mambo italiano
Hey, mambo, mambo italiano
Go, go, go you mixed up siciliano
All you calabresi 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 the fishy baccalà and then a-
Hey cumpa’, I love a how you dance a rumba
But take a some advice, paesano
Learn-a 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, che si dice, you getta happy in the feets-a
When you mambo italiano
Hey jadrool, you don’t-a have to go to school
Just make-a 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
Oh, oh, oh, you mixed up Siciliano
Hello, che si dice, you getta happy in the pizza
When you mambo italiano