Lou Monte - Pepino The Italian Mouse

[Kaitlynwuzzhere]

my dad used to play this for me and my brother in the car. Memories

[outlander55]

Takes me back to the 70's,hHearing the Italian hours on WBAB on Long Island every Sunday morning.

[nicktech54]

My wife's cousin wrote the words to this song for LOU, his name was RAY ALLEN.

[LittleMermaid1763]

i have got a mouse called pepino :)

[1010elms]

me too... love it....:):):):):...

[Fegen]

I recall when this was a hit record for Lou Monte.

[giants416]

LOL Moulignan is Italian for Nigger haha

[hansonfan20001]

@giants416 no actually it means eggplant - for some reason people made that the word for n**er

[gov111w]

@giants416 You know your wrong Moulignan actually means Egg Plant

[poitrenaud]

@giants416 When an Italian-American refers to an African American as a "moulagnan" it is dialect for the egg plant,

in which the real word in Italian is "melanzana-"

But, make no mistake about it, when an Italian uses the word, "Moulignan" he is NOT using it for the "N" word-

It is not at all a racist nor demeaning term. So, you are WRONG--and you can ask any Italian American about it.

Italians are not racist as the stupid movies depict. You are incorrect.

[exnemocpt]

@poitrenaud

You're right!!

BTW you write "moulagnan" but it's neapolitan dialect and correctly it's "mulignana".:-)

[multisantana79]

@poitrenaud This is true as when you ask a Sicilian straightup what his composition is & he'll probably offer that he's part negro (from ancient invasions. I remember my friend Ray Ray from Boston being quite open about that even though you can't tell by lookin unless you were to ascribe the curly hair or fatter lips or some other physical aspect. Its hard to even place a lot of Italians in a race by lookin and I don't get much hangup about race from any I know now or in the past

[poitrenaud]

@multisantana79 The Stupid Hollywood Movies depict the lowest of the low of everyone, maybe with the exception of one group's low-level people--of which all peoples have them--Those who MAKE those Hollywood Stereotype movies, won't characterize themselves that way.

The Italian is not a Latin Redneck. He's not a racist or a bigot. Of course the Italian does not respect Sloth. So that is why he respects Jews, but may not respect anyone who is on welfare, unless they truly need it.He loves USA.

[mseanknox]

@multisantana79 : You're right. Also, Sicilians are probably one of the most diverse ethnic groups in the world with a gene pool that boggles the mind. There's the italian and greek genes that are the staple, but you find features that range from Arab, Semitic and North African to even somewhat Nordic. Of course, as Mario Puzo once wrote, telling a Sicilian that he has Jewish blood was liable to get you a knife between the ribs.

[mseanknox]

There's probably not such much 'negro' in there as the North Africans that invaded them were a medley of Arabs, African and some other Mediterranean. And the Berbers, of course

[RockGroupie2]

@volleyballfreak34 Me too! Such great memories. Such great times!

[seanhannity73]

sunday morning festa italiana!

[nataliefrompittsburg]

I remember dancing to this song on the record player with my sisters and cousins when I was little in the 70's. Great memories.

[led0zeppelin1977]

pepino!

lou monte - one of the greatest italian singers ever!

[Vladislovas1918]

That's really great one!