Matilda

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 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