Hey! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Once again now! / Cross the water
500 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.
Well, the money was to buy me house and land
Then she got a serious plan, A-hey, ah!
CHORUS
Well, the money was just inside me bed,
Stuck up in a pillow beneath me head.
Don't you know, ...
Well, me friends, never to love again,
All me money gone in vain!
Uh, heya...