A D
A girl went back to Napoli
E A
Because she missed the scenery
F D
The native dances and the charming songs
B E
But wait a minute, something’s wrong
(tempo+)
A }x4
Chorus:
A D
Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano!
A D
Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano
A D
Go, go, go you mixed up Sicialiano
A A
All you Calabraise-a do the mambo like a crazy with a
A D
Hey mambo, don’t want to tarantella
A D
Hey mambo, no more a mozzarella
A D
Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
A A
Try an enchilada with da fish a bac a lab and then a
Verse 1:
G
Hey goombah, I love a how you
D
dance a rhumbah But take a some
A G# G F#
advice paisano Learn how to mambo
F E
If you gonna be a square You ain’t a gonna go nowhere
Chorus 2:
A D
Hey mambo! mambo Italiano!
A D
Hey mambo! mambo Iitaliano!
A D
Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanno
A
Hello kess-a-deetch-a you getta happy in the feets a When you
B E A
Mambo Iitaliano
Modulation: D# G# }x3
D#
Shake-a Baby shake-a cause i love a when you take a me
D# G# }x3
D#
Mama say “stop-a or I’m gonna go to papa”
Verse 2:
G#
And a hey ja drool you don’t a have to
D#
go to school Just make-a wid da
A#
beat bambino It’s a like a vino
F# F
Kid you good a lookin’ but you don’t a-know
what’s cookin’ till you
Chorus 3:
A# D#
Hey mambo, Mambo Iitaliano
A# D#
Hey mambo, Mambo Iitaliano
A# D#
Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano
A#
It’s a so delish a ev’rybody come copisha
C F A#
How to mambo Iitalianoooooo!
A#
‘Ats nice!
A#
UNH!
