Poor Me Israelite
Composer(s): Desmond Dekker - Leslie Kong
First release by: Desmond Dekker & The Aces - 1968



Get up in the morning slaving for bread sir
So that every mouth can be fed
Poor, poor me-Israelite 

My wife an' ma kids dem pack up an'a leave me
"Darling," she said, "I was yours to be seen" 
Poor, poor me-Israelite 

Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
I don't wan' to end up like Bonnie and Clyde
Poor, poor me-Israelite 

After a storm there must be a calm
You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
Poor, poor me-Israelite