Matilda

Matilda

Words and Music by : Norman Span or is it Harry Thomas ??
Publisher: Harbel Music Prod.

One of the standard Belafonte-songs that has become a mandatory part of each live performance and where the audience is encouraged to join.

Recording #1 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 27, 1953 (14:00-17:00)
Master number: E3VB 1095-C (E3VW-1095)
Playing time: 2:28
Producer: Hy Grill
Henri Rene: leader; H. Melnikoff: contractor; Arthur Ryerson: guitar; Millard Thomas: guitar; Jack Lesberg: bass; Rudolfo Curbelo: drums; William Rodriguez: drums; Robert Rosengarden: drums; Jack Pleis: piano, Jack Greenberg: clarinet: Romeo Penque: clarinet; Carl Prager: clarinet; Harry Glickman: violin; Julius Schacter: violin; Max Tartarsky: violin; Ray Charles, Edwin Lindstroem, Audrey Marsh, Jane Martin, Frank Raye, Earl Rogers and Miriam Workman: vocal chorus.

78: 20-5311, 20-9117,
45: 47-5311, 447-0320
CD: BCD16262, 07863-67403-2, 07863-52469-2, GSS-5381, 8.120799,

Recording #2 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Aug 17, 1955 (14:00-18:00),
Master number: F2PB 5806-6
Playing time: 3:11
Producer: Henri Rene
Tony Scott: leader, David Klein: contractor; Millard Thomas: guitar; James Hall: guitar; Eugene Wright: bass; Irv Kluger: drums; Frank Guerrero: bongo; Modesto Moran Martinez: conga; Rafael Rosario: conga; John F. Williams Jr.: piano; James Giuffre: saxophone; Harry Klee: saxophone; Theo M. Nash: saxophone; E.C. Shank: saxophone; Herbert Stewart: saxophone; John Haliburton: trombone; Edward "Eddie Kusby" Kuczborski: trombone; Simon Zentner: trombone; Marion Childers: trumpet; Maynard Ferguson: trumpet; Conrad Gozzo: trumpet.

45: 75-375, 75-517, 20114, EPA-693 , EPA-5031, SPD-24, 47-15084, 7EG8259, SRA-3, 45N-0580, SS-1225, 3-20214, 74-16210, RCX-1049
LP : LPM1150, 855482
Tape: CP-10
CD: BCD16262, 07863-58555-2, 82876-69242-2, 88697-93951-2, RGMCD006

Recording #3A by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 19-20, 1959
Playing time: 13:00 (original length)
45: 6006-45
LP: LSO6006, HS-120,
Tape: FTO6000, O8S-5002, OQ8-5002
CD: see LSO6006, GSS5336, RGMCD071

Recording #3B by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 19-20, 1959
Playing time: 3:41 (edited length)
45:
LP: HS-120,
CD: GSS5336,

Recording #4 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: April 31, 1966, (19:30-22:00)
Playing time: 5:21
LP: BEL1,

Recording #5 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: March 1974
Playing time: 5:21
LP: R4P-5054,

Recording #6 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: 1988 live in Harare, Zimbabwe
Playing time: 6:10
Video: KV222

Recording #7 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: November 29-30, 1988
Playing time: 8:46
CD: 252723

Recording #8 by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: 1991
Playing time: 6:20
Video: HBO 50213

Recording #9 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date:
Playing time: 9:50
CD: CD524384-2,
Video: VHS 440 046 807-3,

Recording #10 by Harry Belafonte:
Recording date: March 22, 2003
Playing time: 13:16
MP3 from MP3Fiesta.com

Other albums with this song:
LP : LPM9940, VPS6024, 430.271, AR30048, AYL1-3860, CPL1-2489, FPL2-7100, TA1015, SM3925, RCA8023, CL42956, SYD030, CSJ-586, ADEH28, 2127LP, HB7015, CL42479, MP666001, BTA12596, CCSLP-186, SRS.585, PJL-27500, 32001, CR046, KXL1-7010, SX-215, STAR-103, RCS3235, NA-514, OS112, 6886805, SDL003, 6187331,
CD: 07863-53860-2, CD15094, PDC2-1295, 252723, B93001, CD95010, CD66057, RMB75089, CD97032, GOLD-072, SACD1203, 43683-2, CD12505, GSS5153, CDS51020, ND90562, PD89796, 1130-15250-2, MARC1054, 74321-62230-2, 86210, EVC322, 796961, 97545, BB61002, 50801, 74321-10730-2, 74321-13952-2,

Also recorded by:

Simon Brehm	KSEP3092 in Swedish
Ivan Chin	SCD4008
Udo Jürgens
Greg MacDonald	GMM1996	instrumental
The Merrymen	MM012, WIRL1020, MMCD1049, CCD0045,
Simons	MLPCD3366
Invaders Steelband

Lyrics varies a little between different recordings

Matilda, Matilda, Matilda,
She take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Five hundred dollars, friends, I lost
Woman even sell me cart and horse
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Well, de money was to buy me house and land
Then she got a serious plan
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! 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 take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela.

Well, me friends, never to love again
All me money gone in vain!
Hey, Matilda, she take me money and run Venezuela.
Everybody ! Matilda, Matilda, Matilda
She take me money and run Venezuela