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To: tekboy who wrote (21716)	3/19/2002 10:41:16 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

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 http://home.onestop.net/rastaman/selections/sel-desmond-dekker-1.html#lyrics One of the most identifiable voices of rock-steady, Desmond Dekker is a seminal figure in the development of reggae music and was once one of Jamaica's most popular figures. In the U.S., he is still best remembered for the 1969 Top Ten hit "Israelites" that he recorded with his band the Aces. It was a chart topper in England and was the first gold record ever issued in Jamaica. In the states the song was presented as a novelty song since few could understand the meaning of the puzzling lyrics which are actually a cry against the oppression and brutal conditions daily faced by most modern-day African-Jamaicans. The lyrics "Get up in the morning, bake beans for breakfast. Get up in the morning, same thing for breakfast" are a sly reference to slaving, meaning that most have to get up early so they can slave away for a little bit of money. home.onestop.net The "novelty" part doesn't quite fit my personal '69 recollection, it was a catchy tune and it was never uncommon for pop lyrics to be inscrutable, if not unintelligible. But it was certainly before reggae was the least bit mainstream, or anybody knew what a Rastafarian was. Or maybe not, I grew up in a pretty remote corner of flyover country. "The Harder They Come" came out 3-4 years later. us.imdb.com sfgate.com