[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