When Its Night-Time In Italy Its Wednesday Over Here - The Everly Brothers
Tuning: G, E A D G B E
WHEN IT'S NIGHT-TIME IN ITALY IT'S WEDNESDAY OVER HERE
As recorded by The Everly Brothers
(From the 1961 Album INSTANT PARTY!)
[Intro]
N.C. N.C.
[Verse 1]
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
Oh the onions
in Sicily
Make people cr
y in Californ
ia
How high is up
?
I'd like to kn
ow
How low is dow
n?
And when will
we have snow?
If you talk to
an Eskimo
His breath wil
l freeze your
ears
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
[Verse 2]
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
When it's wash
-day in Picard
y
They're eating
ice-cream con
es in Georgia
Sixteen and fo
ur
Makes thirty-o
ne
Take eight fro
m five
And your days
work is done
There are peop
le who hesitat
e
But corned bee
f make them ch
eer
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
[Verse 3]
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
When it's Chri
stmas in Alban
y
They're catchi
ng fish in Sca
ndinavia
That's right,
you're wrong
You're wrong,
that's right
Though the day
s are long
It's always co
ol at night
If you can't p
lay a piccolo
The holidays a
re near
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
[Verse 4]
When it's nigh
t-time in Ital
y
It's Wednesday
over here
When they're d
ancing in Omah
a
The girls don'
t wear no tigh
ts in Jersey
My brother Lou
Likes oysters
too
Magazines are
read
But China cup
is blue
Should you ord
er some ham ‘n
eggs
By the time th
at they appear
It'll be night
-time in Italy
And Wednesday
over here