MATILDA
 
 
HARRY BELAFONTE
 
1953
 
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!
 

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Harry Belafonte Show
 

Harold "Harry" George Belafonte, Jr. nasceu em New York em 1927.

Músico, cantor, ator, ativista político e pacifista norte-americano de ascendência jamaicana. Um dos mais bem sucedidos artistas de origem caribenha da história, foi apelidado de "Rei do Calypso" por popularizar o ritmo caribenho nos Estados Unidos nos anos 50.

Durante sua carreira tem sido um radical ativista político, envolvido em lutas pelos direitos divis e diversas causas humanitárias e atualmente é um dos maiores críticos no meio artístico americano à política do governo Bush.

Fonte: Wikipedia

 

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