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DESMOND DEKKER 84THE ACES

(Q www.singtotheworld.com
Get up in the morning,
slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth

can be fed. Poor...
me Israelites-ah
Get up in the morning,
slaving for bread, sir.

So that every mouth
can be fed
Poor... me Israelite
My wife and my kids,
they pack up and
a-leave me. Darling,
she said, I was yours
to receive
Poor... me Israelite
Shirt, them a-tear up,
trousers are gone.

I don't want to end up

like Bonnie and Clyde
After a storm there must
be a calming. Ya catch
me in the farm, you
sound your alarm
A- poor a- poor a- poor

me Israelite, yee...
I said I get up in the
morning, slaving for
bread, sir. So that
every mouth can be fed
I said my wife and my
kids, they pack up and
they leave me. Darling,
she said, I was yours to
receive
Look me shirts them
a-tear up, trousers are
gone. I don't want

to end up like Bonnie
and Clyde
A-poor a-poor

me lsraelites-ah
After a storm there must
be a calming. Ya catch
me in the farm, you
sound your alarm
Poonn

me Israelite, yee-e-e
A-poor a-poor a-poor
me Israelites
I'm a-wondering,
a-working so hard.
A-poor a-poor a-poor
me Israelites
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Title
Israelites
Artist
Dekker, Desmond And The Aces
Brand
Sing to the World
(5 Other Versions)
Code
STTW2848-01
Genres
reggae, rocksteady, ska, ska revival, dub, roots reggae
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