Matilda

	  		Harry Belafonte 


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Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 

Once again now! 
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Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 

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Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost: 
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Woman even sell me cat and horse! 
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Heya! Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 


Everybody! 
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(Matilda,) Sing out the Chorus, 
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(Matilda,) Sing a little louder, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 


Once again now! 
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(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner, 
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(Matilda,) Sing out the Chorus, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 

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

A-hey, ah! 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 


Everybody! 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 


Once again now! 
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(Matilda,) Going 'round the corner, 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 

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Well, the money was just inside me bed, 
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Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head. 

Don't you know, 
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Matilda, she found me money and... 

Everybody... 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 


Once again now! 
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(Matilda,) Hooma locka chimba, 
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(Matilda,) Bring me little water, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 


Women over forty? 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 


Everybody! 
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(Matilda,) Goin' round the corner, 
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(Matilda,) Bring me little water, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 

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

Uh, heya... 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela. 


Everybody! 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda,) Oom, ba-locka-chimba! 
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(Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 


Sing a little softer! 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda, 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.) 


EVERYBODY! 
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(Matilda, 
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Matilda,) Sing out the Chorus! 
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Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela!