Hearts will play, Tippy-tippy-tay, Tippy-tippy-tay, Like a gay tarantella. (lucky fella) When the stars, make you drool, Just like a pasta fazool, That's amore.
The ‘gay tarantella’ doesn’t only refer to a lively Italian folk dance; it symbolizes the intricate steps of coming together and apart that lovers perform.
That’s Amore is a song by composer Harry Warren and lyricist Jack Brooks. It became a major hit and s ignature song for Dean Martin in Amore (pronounced means “love” in Italian. That’s Amore first appeared in the soundtrack of the Martin and Lewis comedy film The Caddy, released by Paramount Pictures on August 10,
Tippy-tippy-tay like a gay tarantella [Verse: Dean Martin] When the stars make you drool Just like a pasta e fasule, that's amore When you dance down the street With a cloud at your feet.