Israelites

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

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

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My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
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Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
D#  F   A#        (C#7)
Poor me Israelites

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Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
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I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
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Poor me Israelites

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

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I said, "I get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed"
D# F    A#        (C#7)
Poor me Israelites

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My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
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Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
D# F    A#        (C#7)
Poor me Israelites

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Look, shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
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I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
D# F    A#        (C#7)
Poor me Israelites

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After a storm there must be a calm
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You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
D# F    A#       (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
A#7
Ima wondering working for hard
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
A#7
I look a-down and out, sir
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A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites...