Israelites Tab uke di Desmond Dekker

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Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir

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So that every mouth can be fed

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Poor me Israelites
 

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Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir

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So that every mouth can be fed

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Poor me Israelites


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My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me

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Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"

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Poor me Israelites
 

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Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go

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I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde

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Poor me Israelites

 
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After a storm there must be a calm

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You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm

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Poor me Israelites

 
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I said, "I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir

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So that every mouth can be fed"

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Poor me Israelites


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My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me

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Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"

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Poor me Israelites
 

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Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go

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Don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde

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Poor me Israelites

 
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After a storm there must be a calm

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You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm

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Poor me Israelites

 
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites

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Ima wondering working for hard

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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites

A#7
I look a-down and out, sir

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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites