Please Mr. Columbus (Turn the Ship Around) - Lou Monte

In fourteen hundred ninety two,

three ships set out to sea:

the Nina and the Pinta and the

SANTA MARIE!

And as they sailed the stormy seas

On that historic day

From way up in the crow’s nest,

You could hear Luigi say …

(strong italian accent)

PUH-leeeZUH Meester Columbus,

Turnah da SHEEP around!

Take-UH me back, I WANNA see

my two feet on the GROUND!

Why-yuh tell-uh Eeezabella

Thatta the world is round?

PULEEEZUH Meester Columbus

Turn-uh da SHEEP around!

Then Chris took out his mandolin

and he began to play.

They sang and danced the Tarantell

until the break of day.

They ate up all the provolone

— that's Italian cheese.

But still up in the crow’s nest you could hear

Luigi’s pleas … ()

And then one day they sighted land

just off the starboard bow.

Columbus said «I told ya so.

The journey’s over now.»

An Indian girl upon the shore

yelled «I see you up there, man!»

Luigi shouted back, «Ahoy»

and started on a plan.

Oh please Mr. Columbus

don’t take me back no more.

I wanna stay right here and make

the chief my father-in-law.

I’m glad you told Isabella

that the world was round.

I don’t know where we are

but there’s pisanos all around.