Mambo Italiano(Cavaco chords)

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

	        

Written by Bob Merrill