{title: Israelites}
{artist: Desmond Dekker}
{X_UGNG_category:Rocksteady}
[A]Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
[A]So that every mouth can be fed
[D]Poor [E]me [A]Israelites[F][G]
X2
[A]My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
[A]Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
[D]Poor [E]me [A]Israelites[F][G]
[A]Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
[A]I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
[D]Poor [E]me [A]Israelites[F][G]
[A]After a storm there must be a calm
[A]You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
[D]Poor [E]me [A]Israelites[F][G]