Israelite:Desmond Dekker.
#1 in UK and #9 in USA in 1968.
INTRO:
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Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
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so that every mouth can be fed.
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poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#1.
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Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
A#7
so that every mouth can be fed.
D# F A# F# G#
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#2.
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Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me..
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Darling, she said, I was yours to receive.
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poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#3.
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Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go.
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I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
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poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
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#4.
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After a storm there must be a calm.
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catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
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poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
(INTERLUDE:)
#5.
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Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
A#7
so that every mouth can be fed.
D# F A# F# G#
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#6.
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Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me..
A#7
Darling, she said, I was yours to receive.
D# F A# F# G#
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#7.
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Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go.
A#7
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
D# F A# F# G#
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#8.
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After a storm there must be a calm.
A#7
catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
D# F A# F# G#
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
OUTRO:
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poor, poor me, me-Israelite.(x3)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
