Matilda

Harry Belafonte

Chorus

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Vers

Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost:
Woman even sell me cat and horse!
Heya! Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Chorus

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Verse

Well, the money was to buy me house an’ lan’
Then she got a serious plan,
A-hey, ah!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Chorus

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Verse

Well, the money was just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head.
Don’t you know,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Chorus

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Verse

Well, me friends, never to love again,
All me money gone in vain!
Uh, heya…
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Chorus

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.