The Israelites (Poor Me Israelites)

Desmond Dekker (16 July 1941 – 25 May 2006) was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer-songwriter and musician. Together with his backing group, The Aces (consisting of Wilson James and Easton Barrington Howard), he had one of the first international Jamaican hits with "Israelites". Other hits include "007 (Shanty Town)" (1967) and "It Miek" (1969). Dekker was one of the most popular musicians within Jamaica, and is one of its best-known musicians outside it. more »

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Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can BE fed
Poor me Israelites, aha!

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 BE seen
Poor me Israelites!

hirt them a-tear up, trousers are go
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
Poor me Israelite!

After a storm there must be a calm
They catch me in your farm
You sound your alarm
Poor me Israelite, heee!

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I said I get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that-a every mouth can BE fed
Poor me Israelites, ah!

My wife and my kids, they are packed up and a-leave me
Darling, she said, I was yours to BEEE seen
Poor me Israelites, uh!

Look!

Me shirt's them a-tear up, trousers are go
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
Poor me Israelites, uh!

After a storm there must be a calm
They catch me in the farm
You sound your alarm
Poor me Israelites, yeeehee-hee
Poor me Israelites, I'm a wandering, a working so a-hard
poor me Israelites, I look-a down an' around, sir
poor me Israelites... more »
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