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(Poor Mi) Israelites
Desmond Dekker & The Aces
007: The Best of Desmond Dekker
2 MINUTES AND 35 SECONDS • OCT 01 1968
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Lyrics
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed
Poor me, Israelites, aah
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed
Poo...
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Album tracklist
1
(Poor Mi) Israelites
02:35
2
007 (Shanty Town)
02:34
3
Beware
02:38
4
It Mek (UK Mix)
02:20
5
Sing a Little Song
03:04
6
Pickney Gal
02:51
7
Intensified '68 (Music Like Dirt)
02:45
8
Honour Your Mother and Father
02:28
9
Licking Stick
02:12
10
It Pays
02:57
11
The More You Live
03:18
12
Mother's Young Gal
02:58
13
Mother Nature
03:34
14
Sabotage
02:44
15
(Where Did It Go) The Song We Used to Sing
03:02
16
Wiseman
02:17
17
Jeserine
02:41
18
It Gotta Be So
02:48
19
Rude Boy Train
02:19
20
Get Up Adina
02:40
21
Beautiful and Dangerous
02:49
22
Busted Lad
03:20
23
Bongo Gal
02:29
24
Mother Pepper
02:23
25
Everybody Join Hands
04:02
26
A It Mek
02:22
27
Unity (Alternate Version)
02:28
28
King of Ska
02:44
29
Rudy Got Soul (Alternate Take)
03:00
30
Sentimental Reasons
02:47
31
Problems
02:43
32
Personal Possession (Alternate Take)
03:03
33
First Time for a Long Time
02:30
34
Young Generation
02:20
35
Generosity
03:01
36
Keep a Cool Head
02:06
37
Get Up Little Suzie
03:13
38
Pretty Africa
02:40
39
Dancing Time
02:34
40
Mount Zion
02:43
41
Hanging Tree (Alternate Take)
02:54
42
Perseverance
02:47
43
Sweet Music (Alternate Take)
02:35
44
Fu Manchu (Alternate Take)
03:07
45
Mother Long Tongue (Alternate Take)
02:18
46
Call On Me, Baby (Alternate Take)
02:35
47
Sugar And Spice
02:32
48
This Woman
02:33
49
Shing a Ling
02:27
50
Israelites (1970 Live Version)
04:51
007: The Best of Desmond Dekker
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(Poor Mi) Israelites
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