Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites (Official Lyrics Video)

lyrics video. If you don’t know the lyrics, you can now sing along with the confidence that you’re getting it right – word for word! ISRAELITES LYRICS: Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir So that every mouth can be fed Poor, me Israelites Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir So that every mouth can be fed Poor, me Israelites My wife and my kids, they packed up and leave me Darling, she said, I was yours to receive Poor, me Israelites Shirt them a-tear up, trousers a go I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde Poor, me Israelites After a storm there must be a calm They catch me in the farm You sound your alarm Poor, me Israelites I said I get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir So that every mouth can be fed Poor, me Israelites I said my wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me Darling, she said, I was yours to receive Poor, me Israelites Look me shirts them a-tear up, trousers a go I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde Poor, me Israelites After a storm there must be a calm They catch me in the farm You sound your alarm Poor, me Israelites Poor me Israelites, poor me Israelites, poor me Israelites Follow Trojan Records: #Israelites #DesmondDekker #ska #rocksteady #Trojan #TrojanRecords #UKNumber1 #Pyramid #DesmondDekkerTheAces