Please Mr. Columbus (Turn the Ship Around)

In fourteen hundred ninety-two

Three ships sailed out to sea

The Nina and the Pinta and the Santa Marie

And as they sailed the stormy sea on that historic day

From way up in the crow's nest you could hear Luigi say

Please, Mr. Columbus, turn the ship around

Take me back, I wanna feel my two feet on the ground

Why you tell Isabella that the world is round?

Please, Mr. Columbus, turn the ship around

But Chris took out his mandolin and he began to play

They sang and danced the tarantella 'til the break of day

They ate up all the provolone and drank up all the wine

But still up in the crow's nest you could hear Luigi cry

Please, Mr. Columbus, turn the ship around

Take me back, I wanna feel my two feet on the ground

Why you tell Isabella that the world is round?

Please, Mr. Columbus, turn the ship around

And then one day they sighted land just off the starboard bow

Columbus said, "I told you so, the journey's over now"

An Indian shouted from the shore, "E portare noi, becepan"

Luigi turned around and said, "E tu sei pura italiana!"

Please, Mr. Columbus, don't take me back no more

I'm gonna stay right here and make the chief my father-in-law

I'm glad you tell Isabella that the world is round

I don't know where we are, but there's paisanas all around