Harry Belafonte Matilda Lyrics

Matilda Lyrics

Hey!  Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once
again now!
Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run
Venezuela.
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost:
Woman even sell me cat
and horse!
Heya!  Matilda, she take me money and run
Venezuela.
Everybody!
(Matilda,) Sing out the chorus,
(Matilda,) Sing
a little louder,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once again
now!
(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner,
(Matilda,) Sing out the
chorus,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
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.
Everybody!
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money
and run Venezuela.)
Once again now!
(Matilda,) Going 'round the
corner,
(Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Well,
the money was just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me
head.
Don't you know,
Matilda, she found me money
and...
Everybody...
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money
and run Venezuela.)
Once again now!
(Matilda,) Hooma locka
chimba,
(Matilda,) Bring me little water,
Matilda, she take me money and
run Venezuela.
Women over forty?
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she
take me money and run Venezuela.)
Everybody!
(Matilda,) Goin' round the
corner,
(Matilda,) Bring me little water,
Matilda, she take me money and
run Venezuela.
Well, me friends, never to love again,
All me money gone
in vain!
Uh, heya...
Matilda, she take me money and run
Venezuela.
Everybody!
(Matilda,
Matilda,) Oom,
ba-locka-chimba!
(Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
Sing a
little softer!
(Matilda,
Matilda,
Matilda, she take me money and run
Venezuela.)
EVERYBODY!
(Matilda,
Matilda,) Sing out the
chorus!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela!