Mathilda (Calypso) - 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 cart 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!