Looking for a song called "Matilda"?

Question

there was an insturmental version, also one with lyrics[unknown]
Sringalongs had the insturmental version, in the early 60s

Answer 1

Are you looking for Harry Belafonte's calypso song, "Matilda"?


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

Answer 2

RUSH : The Trees There is unrest in the forest There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas The trouble with the maples (And they're quite convinced they're right) They say the oaks are just too lofty And they grab up all the light But the oaks can't help their feelings If they like the way they're made And they wonder why the maples Can't be happy in their shade There is trouble in the forest And the creatures all have fled As the maples scream 'Oppression!' And the oaks just shake their heads So the maples formed a union And demanded equal rights 'The oaks are just too greedy We will make them give us light' Now there's no more oak oppression For they passed a noble law And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe and saw

Answer 3

Waltzing Matilda?


Once a happy tradesman
Worked by the waterside
Under the shadow of a loading gantry
And he sang as he worked
And laboured by the waterside
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me
CHORUS
Waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda,
You'll come a waltzing Matilda with me
And he sang as he worked
And laboured by the waterside
You'll come a waltzing matilda with me



Up came a Squatter
Resplendent in hypocrisy
Supported by the troopers
Three by three
Where's your union ticket
What's that in your tucker bag
You'll not work this waterside
We're going to break your solidarity
Waltzing Matilda (chorus)



Up jumped the Wharfie
And called to his brotherhood
Never a "SCAB"
You'll ever see me
And he sang
As he stood
A picket of solidarity
Never a Scab will you make me
Waltzing Matilda (chorus)



Funded by the taxpayers
The Squatters formed a company
Supported by corruption
and more political hypocrisy
And they whined as they formed
"It's for all our society"
Although few taxes paid
At all do we
Waltzing Matilda (chorus)



Along came the judges
Members of the exclusive legal fraternity
You've not "closed shop" rights like us
Cried they
We're the guardians of the corrupt establishment
It's been our trust for a century
We'll allow no honest equality
Staying as decadent pedophilic and kinky as we please
Waltzing Matilda (chorus)



Banned were the exports
Handled by Squatter's hypocrisy
Grain, wool and cattle
Internationally
And they sang as they stood
Firm in international solidarity
"We are sisters and brothers in Union.
Never to be broken are we"
Waltzing Matilda (CHORUS) Forever firm in true solidarity, never to be broken are we "

Answer 4

is it a folk song? waltzing matilda?