Sposalizio

Lyrics

[TONY, spoken] You gonna stay? [PASQUALE, spoken] Hey! Padrone! E tardi! [CICCO, spoken] E tardi! [GIUSEPPE, spoken] E tardi! [JOE, spoken] Hey, Tony, bring her right back now.  [PASQUALE] Sposalizio! [CICCIO] Sposalizio! [GIUSEPPE] Sposalizio! [TOWNSPEOPLE] Hey! Look at the lights, look at the food, look at the flowers! Hey! Look at the wine, look at the place! I like a great big Italian sposalizio Set it up and I'll be there! With the lanterns glowing And the vino flowing And the good, strong smell of mozzarella in the air [MEN] Mozzarella, (Smell of) mozzarella in the air! [TOWNSPEOPLE] Great big Italian sposalizio Lay it out and count me in! [MEN] I'm the kind of fella [WOMEN] Love to go out [MEN] Likes a tarantella [WOMEN] To a blowout [TOWNSPEOPLE] To the fine, fine music of a mellow mandolin [MEN] Mandolin, mandolin (Music of a mellow) mandolin! [TOWNSPEOPLE] With all the neighbors And all the neighbors' neighbors All the friends and all of their friends And the mangia, mangia, mangia never ends Never ends! I like a great big Italian sposalizio Set it up and I'll be there! With the lanterns glowing Look at 'em over your head And the vino flowing Malaga, Malaga red And the good, strong smell of mozzarella in the air Set it up [MEN] Set it up, set it up [TOWNSPEOPLE] And I'll be there! [Tarantella.] [TOWNSPEOPLE] With all the neighbors And all the neighbors' neighbors All the friends and all of their friends And the mangia, mangia, mangia never ends Never ends! I like a great big Italian sposalizio Set it up and I'll be there! With the lanterns glowing And the vino flowing And the good, strong smell of mozzarella in the air Set it up [MEN] Set it up, set it up [TOWNSPEOPLE] And I'll be there! [MAN 1, spoken] Hey, bocce ball, anybody? [MAN 2, spoken] Hey, how about a game of horseshoes?