Harry Belafonte Harry Belafonte - Matilda

Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela

Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse!
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

Well, the money was to buy me house an' lan'
Then she got a serious plan
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

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

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

Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain!
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!