Matilda (Parody Version) [Live] Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

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
(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
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,)
(Matilda,)
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Women over forty?


Everybody!
(Matilda,)
Matilda
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
Sing a little softer!
(Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
EVERYBODY!
(Matilda
Matilda,) Sing out the!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela!