Matilda (song)

Matilda (also Mathilda ) is a traditional calypso with an essay by Norman Span, who was known by his pseudonym King Radio. In part, the authorship is attributed to Harry Thomas, a pseudonym for Harry Belafonte and the guitarist Millard Thomas. The song was originally recorded by Norman chip 1938. In 1953 recorded by Harry Belafonte version of the song became an international hit and one of the cornerstones of Belafonte's career.

Cover versions of the English version submitted by Jimmy Soul, Eddy Wally and Allan Sherman, each with slight variations of the text and the title, partly as a parody. A successful in Germany version comes from Udo Jürgens.

The song is about Matilda that her lover, the money he has hidden under the pillow and with whom he wanted to buy a house and land, steals and thus disappears after Venezuela.