Is anybody still interested in learning about " Dear Matilda ? " I've just found your forum, having today looked on the Internet for words of the song myself. I gleaned mine from listening to a recording of the song and wanted to check if I'd got the words right. They vary slightly to what I've been reading in the forum but I was delighted to find the third verse via the forum ( " She began etc. ) which isn't on my record. According to what I've discovered, the song was written by Stanley J. Damerell and Robert Hargreaves. I have it on a 1925 British 78 record on the Edison Bell " Winner " label. It is described simply as a " comic song " on the label. The singer is George Buck, who sings the song with a yokel accent pronouncing the lady's name as " Matilder. " It's really good and a great favourite of mine. If anyone is interested, I can type the lyrics as how they appear on this record. Let me know. By the way, i would be interested to know where the rest of you heard this old song.