Harry Belafonte — Mathilda

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