(Bob Merrill)

(A boy went back to Napoli, because he missed the scenery)
(The native dances and the charming songs, but wait a minute)
(somethings wrong, 'cause now it's...)

Hey mambo, mambo Italiano
Hey, 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.

And then hey, gumba love how you dance the rumba
But take a some advice pisano learn 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 tiavanna
E lo che se dice
You get happy in the feets-a when you mambo Italiano.

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

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...