Bob Merrill
Mambo Italiano

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Intro :
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A boy went back to Napoli 
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Because he missed the scenery.
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The native dances and the charming songs ---
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But wait a minute something's wrong...
                

'Cause now it's 
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- Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! 
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H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
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Go go go! You mixed up Siciliano.
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All you Calabrese do the mambo like a crazy with the

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Hey mambo! Don't wanna tarantella.
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Hey mambo! No more mozzarella.
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Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
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Try an enchilada with a fish baccala.

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Hey goomba, I love how you dance the rumba.
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But take some advice paisano learn a how to mambo.
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If you're gonna be a square you ain't a gonna go nowhere.

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Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! 
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H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
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Go go Joe! Shake like a tiavanna.
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E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you
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Mambo Italianooooooooh!

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Hey chadrool you don't a have to go to school.
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Just make it with a big bambino.
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It's like vino.
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Kid you good a looking but you don't a know what's cooking 'til you

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Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
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H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano!
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Ho ho ho! You mixed up Siciliano.
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E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you
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Mambo Italianooooooooh!