«Matilda» es una canción de Harry Belafonte, una balada de la década de 1950 que relata la historia de un hombre que recuerda a su amada Matilda, quien se fue a Jamaica para encontrar una vida mejor. La canción cuenta con un ritmo alegre y pegadizo, y es una celebración de la vida y el amor.
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cat and horse!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Well, the money was to buy me house an’ lan’
Then she got a serious plan
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
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
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
Matilda
Matilda
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela!