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Mambo Italiano Lyrics
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 tella 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
Because she missed the scenery
The native dances and the charming songs But wait a minute, something's wrong
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!
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
Mama say stop-a or I'm gonna tella 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
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano
it's a so delish a ev'rybody come copisha
How to mambo italianoooooo!
UNH
Song Info
Submitted by
slyfox On Jan 11, 2005
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My friend introduced this song to me on a mix she made for me. I love the way she sings this song! The meaning of this song has always confused me though. I can't figure out if its about dancing, food or sex. Maybe a combination of all three...
PK, I also love this song and that is why I "introduced" it to you. I think it could be about dancing and fitting in and she just uses the name of different kinds of food because she is italian? Who really knows, but it is a great song.
This great song is meant to be comic. The irony of the song is that the Mambo is NOT an Italian dance! Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba. Mambo music was invented during the 1930s by Arsenio RodrÃguez,(thanks Wikipedia) That's why the first verse ends with "But wait a minute, something's wrong": The girl is Italian but she loves the Spanish song & dance. The song appropriates the Mambo to the Italians. To this day, as a result of this song many people think the Mambo is an Italian dance. That's globalization!
This great song is meant to be comic. The irony of the song is that the Mambo is NOT an Italian dance! Mambo is a Latin dance of Cuba. Mambo music was invented during the 1930s by Arsenio RodrÃguez,(thanks Wikipedia) That's why the first verse ends with "But wait a minute, something's wrong": The girl is Italian but she loves the Spanish song & dance. The song appropriates the Mambo to the Italians. To this day, as a result of this song many people think the Mambo is an Italian dance. That's globalization!
I love this song!!!! It was written by Bob Merrill in the 1050s. He wrote it while eating at an Italian restaurant in New York, writing on a paper napkin, and using the wall pay-phone to dictate the melody, rhythm and lyrics to the recording studio pianist, under the aegis of conductor Mitch Miller. Simplicity is the best!
Ha ha ha, I did not see I missed the 9 and put a 0! I meant it was written in the 1950s! :)
Ha ha ha, I did not see I missed the 9 and put a 0! I meant it was written in the 1950s! :)
I always loved Rosemary's version, but the lyric about the enchilida confuses me. Are there Italian version of Enchiladas I've never heard of or tried?