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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Dean Martin
Lead Vocals
Dick Stabile
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Merrill
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Lee Gillette
Producer
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
Heh-hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Go, go, go, you mixed-up a-Siciliano
All you Calabrese, do the mambo like a-crazy with the
Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella
Heh-hey mambo, no more a-mozzarella
Hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Try an enchilada with the fishy baccalà and then
[Verse 2]
Hey, goomba
I love a-how you dance the rumba
But take a-some advice, paisano
Learn a-how to mambo
If you're gonna be a square, you ain't a-gonna go nowhere
[Verse 3]
Hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Heh-hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Go, go, Joe, shake a-like a Giovanno
E lo che se dice
You get happy in the feets a-when you
Mambo Italiano
[Verse 4]
Hey, chadrool
You don't a-have to go to the school
Just a-make it with a beat, bambino
It's like a-vino
Kid, you good lookin'
But you don't know what's a-cookin' till you
[Verse 5]
Hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Heh-hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed-up a-Siciliano
E lo che se dice
You get happy in the feets a-when you
Mambo Italiano
Written by: Bob Merrill