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 !