Como's Golden Records Circa 1958
 
Papa Loves Mambo
 
< instrumental opening >
 
Unh!
 
Papa loves mambo!
Mamma loves mambo!
Look at ‘em sway with it,
Gettin’ so gay with it,
Shoutin’ Olé with it, Wow!
 
Unh!
 
Papa loves mambo! ( Papa loves mambo! )
Mamma loves mambo! ( Mamma loves mambo! )
Papa does great with it,
Swings like a gate with it,
He loses weight with it, Now!
 
He goes to, she goes fro,
He goes fast, she goes slow,
He goes left, an’ she goes right!
 
Papa’s lookin’ for Mamma,
But Mamma is nowhere in sight!
 
Unh!
 
Papa loves mambo!
Mamma loves mambo!
Havin’ their fling again,
Younger than spring again,
Feelin’ that zing again, Wow!
 
Unh!
 
Papa loves mambo! ( Papa loves mambo! )
Mamma loves mambo! ( Mamma loves mambo! )
Don’t play the rumba an’ don’t play the samba,
‘Cause Papa loves mambo, tonight!
 
Unh!
 
Papa loves mambo!
Mamma loves mambo!
 
< instrumental break >
 
Papa loves mambo!
Mamma loves mambo!
 
He goes to, she goes fro',
He goes fast, she goes slow,
He goes left, an’ she goes right!
 
Papa’s lookin’ for Mamma,
But Mamma is nowhere in sight!
 
Unh!
 
Papa loves mambo! ( Papa loves mambo! )
Mamma loves mambo! ( Mamma loves mambo! )
Havin’ their fling again,
Younger than spring again,
Feelin’ that zing again, Wow!
 
Unh!
 
( Papa loves mambo! ) Mambo Papa!
( Mamma loves mambo! ) Mambo Mamma!
Don’t play the rumba an’ don’t play the samba,
‘Cause Papa! Papa mambo, tonight!
 
Unh!
 
Words and Music by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning and Bix Reichner 1954
Shapiro-Bernstein & Co., Inc. & Al Hoffman Songs Inc. ~ ASCAP
Original RCA RecordingVinyl Version| Irving Berlin Quote |
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
and The Ray Charles Chorus
Arranged by Joe Reisman and Produced by Joe Carlton
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York
Recording Engineer: unknown
Recorded August 31, 1954

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