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A girl went back to Napoli
because she missed the scenery,
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Dm
the native dances and the
charming songs,
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but wait a minute, something's
wrong.
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Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano! Hey, mambo! Mambo
italiano,
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go, go, go, you mixed up
sicialiano.
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All you calabraise-a do the
mambo like a crazy with a.
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Hey mambo, don't wanna
tarantella,
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hey mambo, no more a mozzarella,
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hey mambo! Mambo italiano,
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try an enchilada with da fish
a bac a lab and then a.
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1. Hey goombah, I love a how you dance a rhumbah,
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but take some of advice
paisano, learn how to mambo,
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if you gonna be a square, you
ain't a gonna go nowhere.
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Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano! Hey, mambo! Mambo
italiano,
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go, go, Joe, shake like a
Giovanno,
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hello, kess-a-deetch-a, you
getta happy in the feets a,
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when you mambo italiano.
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Shake-a Baby, shake-a, cause I love a when you
take a me.
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Mama say "stop-a or, I'm
gonna go to papa".
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2. And a hey ja drool, you don't a have to go to school,
Am C
just make-a wid da beat
bambino, it's a like a vino,
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kid, you good a lookin', but
you don't a-know what's cookin' till you...
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Hey, mambo! Mambo italiano! Hey, mambo! Mambo
italiano,
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ho, ho, go, you mixed up
sicialiano,
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it's a so delish a ev'rybody
come, copisha.
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how to you mambo italiano.
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'Ats nice! Uh!
(orig. = no capo; midi = capo
3rd) (Rosemary Clooney)