| Hey! |
| Matilda, Matilda, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
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| 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 cart and horse!
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| Heya! |
| Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
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| 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
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| 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
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| A-hey, ah!
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| Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
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| Everybody!
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| (Matilda
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| Matilda
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| Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
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| 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
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| Don’t you know
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| Matilda, she found me money and…
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| Everybody…
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| (Matilda
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| Matilda
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| Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.)
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| 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
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| 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.)
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| 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!
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| Uh, heya…
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| Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
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| 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.)
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| 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.)
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| 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! |