Written by Bob Merrill
C#m F#m A boy went back to Napoli G# C#m Because he missed the scenery. A# F#m The native dances and the charming songs --- D#7 G# But wait a minute something's wrong... C#m F#m Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m F#m hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m F#m Go go go! You mixed up Siciliano. C#m All you Calabrese do the mambo like a crazy with the C#m F#m Hey mambo! Don't wanna tarantella. C#m F#m Hey mambo! No more mozzarella. C#m F#m Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m Try an enchilada with a fish baccala. C#7 F#m Hey goomba, I love how you dance the rumba. C#m C#maj7 C#m7 C#m6 But take some advice paisano learn a how to mambo. C#m If you're gonna be a square you ain't a gonna go nowhere. C#m F#m Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m F#m H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m F#m Go go Joe! Shake like a tiavanna. C#m E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you G#7 C#m Mambo Italianooooooooh! C#7 F#m Hey chadrool you don't a have to go to school. C#m C#maj7 C#m7 C#m6 Just make it with a big bambino. It's like vino. C#m Kid you good a looking but you don't a know what's cooking 'til you C#m F#m Hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m F#m H-hey mambo! Mambo Italiano! C#m F#m Ho ho ho! You mixed up Siciliano. C#m E lo che se dice you get happy in the pizza when you G# C#m Mambo Italianooooooooh!