1st verse:]

Antonio

Long ago

Buy a mandolin what can't be beat

He right away

Learn to play

On the mandolin so nice and sweet

He's got a gal what's a swell and a beautiful

And ev'ry day

She make a drop in the shop

To Tony and say dis-a-way, dis-a-way



[chorus:]

Pick, pick, pick, pick on the mandolin, Antonio

Swing wid da fing' on the string like dis

Soon make a tune on da nice new mandolin

Quick, quick, quick, quick wid the mandolin, Antonio

My sweet Italian love

If you want a kiss from a miss, just like a dove

Pick, pick, pick, pick on the mandolin, Antonio



[2nd verse:]

Antonio

He's a go

Wid his mandolin to see his gal

He sings a sing

Some-a-thing

Like a serenade so nice and swell

He shake a shake till he wake a policeman

Who sleep in bed

He break the thin mandolin

On Tonio's head, then he said, then he said