matilda

belafonte, harry

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!

sing out the chorus

sing a little louder

matilda

she take me money and run venezuela. once again now!

going 'round the corner

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!

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!

hooma locka chimba

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!

goin' round the corner

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!

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!