Mambo Italiano [English translation]

Who has taken, taken, tak'n

Who has given, given, giv'n

let's forget the past

we're fellow hill billies from Naples 1

and we returned to Naples

after ten years in Brooklyn

an american Pasquale2

dancing the mambo the italian way Heyyy

Hey, Mambo! Mambo Italiano!

Hey, Mambo! Mambo Italiano!

Go, go, go you mixed up Siciliano

All you Calebrese-a do the mambo like a crazy with a

Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella3

Hey mambo, no more a pussy4

Hey mambo! Mambo italiano!

Try an enchilada

with a corned fish and then

Hey goombah

I love a how you dance a rumba

But take some advice hill billy

Learn a how to mambo

If you gonna be a square you

ain't gonna go nowhere

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano

Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanni 5

Hello how's it said, you get da happy feet when ya Mambo, Italianooooo!

Tell it to her, to this friend of yours

that I lost my sleep and my thoughts 1

When the moon rises in Marechiaro

even the fish are making love!1 Hey goombah!

I love how you dance the rumba

But take a some advice hill billy

Learn a how to mambo

If you gonna be a square

You ain't gonna go nowhere

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano

Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanni

Hello how's it said, you get da happy feet when ya Mambo, Italianooooo! Hey goombah!

I love how you dance the rumba

But take a some advice hill billy

Learn a how to mambo

If you gonna be a square

You ain't gonna go nowhere

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano

Hey, mambo! Mambo Italiano

Go, go, Joe, shake like a Giovanni

Hello how's it said, you get da happy feet when ya Mambo, Italianooooo!

The sun of mine is your faaaace1

1. a. b. c. d. Words from a Neapolitan song2. Italian name that was used in the US to signify an italian3. A neapolitan folk dance4. Mozzarella is of course a cheese, but also an italian slang term for pussy5. A name corresponding to Joe, I don't know if it corresponds to average Joe but it's also the italian name of Don Juan

• Artist:Renato Carosone