Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Mambo italiano by Renato Carosone from Italian to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Chi ha avuto, avuto avuto
Who had, had
Chi ha dat', ha dat' ha dat'
Who has dat', has dat' ha dat'
Scurdammoce 'o passato
Scurdammoce' or past
Simm' de napule, paisa'
Simm' de napule, paisa'
È ritornato a napoli
He returned to Naples
Dopo dieci anni a brooklin
After ten years at brooklin
Pasquale americano
American Paschal
Ballando il mambo all'i-ta-lia, hey!
Dancing the mambo to i-ta-lia, hey!
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Go, go, go, you mixed up siciliano
Go, go, go, you mixed up Sicilian
All you calabrese-a, do the mambo like-a crazy with a
All you calabrese-a, do the mambo like-a crazy with a
Hey mambo, don't wanna tarantella
Hey mambo, don't want tarantella
Hey mambo, no more mozzarella
Hey mambo, no more mozzarella
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Try an insalata with da fish-a-bacala, and then-a
Try a salad with da fish-a-bacala, and then-a
Bridge
Hey cumpà, i love-a how you dance rumba
Hey cumpà, I love-a how you dance rumba
But take-a some advice paisano
But take-a some advice paisano
Learn how to mambo
Learn how to mambo
If you gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go nowhere-a
If you going to be a square you ain't-a going to go nowhere-a
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Go, go, joe shake like a giovanni
Go, go, joe shake like a john
Hello, che si dice? you get happy in the feets-a when you
Hello, what do you say? you get happy in the feets-a when you
Mambo italiano
Italian mambo
Dicitincell' a 'sta cumpagna vostra
Dicitincell' to 'is co-bitching your
C'aggio perduto 'o suonn' e 'a fantasia
There's lost'o suonn' and 'fancy
Quanno sponta la luna a marechiaro
Quanno sponta la luna a marechiaro
Pure li pisce 'nce fanno a ll'ammore
Pure pisce 'nce do a ll'ammore
Bridge
Hey cumpà, i love-a how you dance rumba
Hey cumpà, I love-a how you dance rumba
But take-a some advice paisano
But take-a some advice paisano
Learn how to mambo
Learn how to mambo
If you gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go nowhere-a
If you going to be a square you ain't-a going to go nowhere-a
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Go, go, joe shake like a giovanni
Go, go, joe shake like a john
Hello, che si dice? you get happy in the feets-a when you
Hello, what do you say? you get happy in the feets-a when you
Mambo italiano
Italian mambo
Sette, tre, quattro, sette, otto, quattro, morra!
Seven, three, four, seven, eight, four, morra!
Cinque, sette, cinque, due, nove, tutta!
Five, seven, five, two, nine, all!
Bridge
Hey cumpà, i love-a how you dance rumba
Hey cumpà, I love-a how you dance rumba
But take-a some advice paisano
But take-a some advice paisano
Learn how to mambo
Learn how to mambo
If you gonna be a square you ain't-a gonna go nowhere-a
If you going to be a square you ain't-a going to go nowhere-a
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Hey mambo, mambo italiano
Hey mambo, Italian mambo
Go, go, joe shake like a giovanni
Go, go, joe shake like a john
Hello, che si dice? you get happy in the feets-a when you
Hello, what do you say? you get happy in the feets-a when you
Mambo italiano
Italian mambo
Outro
'o sole mio sta in fronte a te
'o my sun stands in front of you
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