A boy went back to Napoli, because he missed the scenery, the native dances and the charming songs but wait a minute... something's wrong: Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Go, go, go, You mixed up Siciliano. All you Calabrese do the mambo like a crazy With a-Hey Mambo! Don't wanna tarantella, Hey Mambo! No more the mozzarella , Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Try an enchalada with a fish bacala And then hey goombah! I love how you dance the rumba. But take some advice paisano, learn-a how to mambo If you gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go anywhere The Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Go, go Joe, shake-a like a Italiano, E lo che que dice you get happy in the pizza when you Mambo Italiano ! Hey jadrool! You donna have to go to school Just make-a with a big bambino, It's like a vino Kid you're good-a-lookin' but you don't know what's cookin 'til you Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Hey Mambo! Mambo Italiano! Ho, ho, ho, you mixed up Siciliano E lo que che dice you get happy in the pizza when you Mambo Italiano !