Here is my transcription of "Matilda/Mathilda" as sung by its composer, King Radio (Norman Span) in 1938, which includes two verses not sung by Harry Belafonte and could reveal more of the . I found this version on YouTube. Some of the words are hard to make out:

MATILDA
(King Radio, AKA Norman Span) Transcription

Oh, Lord, Matilda,
Believe me, friends, it's Matilda,
What a dizzy call!
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela
(Everybody!)

Chorus
Matilda- Look, oh Lord,
Matilda- dizzy call,
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela


It really hurt me, friends, but what's to do?
Now listen what the woman do to you.
(Mow dat water), Matilda, she take me money and gone (run) Venezuela

Chorus

So never me friends to love again,
Now listen all me money gone in vain.
(Oh look, oh Lord), it's Matilda that take me money and gone Venezuela

Five thousand dollars friends I lost,
The woman even sell me cart and horse!
(Oh Lord), Matilda she take me money and gone Venezuela

Chorus

The money was to buy a house an' lan',
Now listen as she draft a serious plan,
(Fire! Water!) Matilda she take me money and gone Venezuela


Well the money was right inside me bed,
Stuck up in the mattress right below me head,
Oh lord, this is Matilda that take me money and gone Venezuela


I feel a jumbie shove me head,
He said "Boy, no money inside your bed,
(Look, oh Lord), Matilda she take your money and gone Venezuela."
Chorus


Where I put my hand was all in vain,
Right on the spot, I got a serious stain,
(Mow that water?), Matilda she take me money and gone Venezuela