Israelite:Desmond Dekker(& The Aces.)
#1 in UK and #9 in USA in '68.
***(Check out the video on YouTube.
When we heard this song back in '68 we
thought he was singing 'me ears are a-light.')***
#1.(Capo 2nd fret for orig. Plus there are slightly
different versions of this song.)
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sah,
so that every mouth can be fed.
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#2.
Wife and kids, dem pack up and-a leave me.
Darling, she said, I was yours to receive.
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#3.
Shirt dem a tear up, trousers a go.
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
#4.
After a storm there must be a calm.
catch me in your farm..you sound an alarm.
poor, poor me, me-Israelite. Aah.
REPEAT WHOLE SONG:
ADD:
poor, poor me, me-Israelite.(x3)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.