The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #29869   Message #2346447
Posted By: Mysha
21-May-08 - 06:37 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mathilda
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Mathilda
Hi,

Could it be "Matilda"? For example:

Hey!
C:
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 ca(r)t and ho(r)se!
(A-hey-ah!) - Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Everybody!
C

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.

Sing the chorus!
C

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 run Venezuela.

Everybody!
C

Well the women was in a big red dress
Wow, she made my life a mess
Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

Everybody!
C

Well, me friends, never to love again,
All me money gone in vain!
(A-hey-ah!) - Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.

One more time now!
R


You can have a single chorus instead, or triple or more; make it fit the mood. Before every Matilda you can fit in whatever you want:
Everybody, sing the chorus/music, sing a little softer/louder, just the girls/guys now /left/right side /audience/singers/music, one more beer please, name of the solist, () keep on verb-ing. Rather than let it stand on a Venezuela, the end can also be a plea for Matilda to come back.

BFN
                                                                Mysha