Mathilda Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela

Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cart and horse
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela


Well, de money was to buy me house and land
Then she got a serious plan
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody! Matilda, 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 take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela

Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain!
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Everybody! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela