In My Gondola

Lyric: Bud Green
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1926
Original publisher: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.

Verse 1:

Tonio was a dashing Romeo,
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
All dressed up in his best mustachio,
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Each night he'd go a-calling upon a certain maid,
And all night long, he would sing this serenade.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!

Chorus 1:

In my gondola,
In my gondola,
Sweet raviola,
We'll take a ride,
Beneath the moon-a,
We'll sit and spoon-a;
To you I'll croon-a
My love inside.
And while I'm strumming on my sweet guitar,
You can Funiculi and I'll Funicula.
If you say, "no"-la,
Sweet raviola,
You'll have to stroll-a
From my gondola.

Chorus 2:

In my gondola,
In my gondola,
Sweet raviola,
We'll ride away.
I'll bring boloney
And macaroni
For you, my owney,
To eat all day.
I feel so mad if you refuse-a me,
And when I'm mad, ho-ho, I'm bad as I can be.
I lose control-a,
Sweet raviola,
And punch a hole-a
In my gondola, la-la.

Verse 2:

Tonio used to sing his tale of woe,
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Till he ruined his do-re-me-fa-so,
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
But his sweet raviola would never venture out,
So all night long, all the neighbors hear him shout.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
Oh, oh, oh, oh!

[Choruses]