Israelites:Desmond Dekker. #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.( for orig. Plus there are slightly different versions.) 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.