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Matilda!
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Harry Belafonte
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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 cat 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!
Harry Belafonte,Jamaica Farewell,live
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