Intro: (spoken)
get up in the morning slaving for bread sah
so that every mouth can be fed
poor poor me-isrealite
get up in the morning slaving for bread sah
so that every mouth can be fed
poor poor me-isrealite
wife and kids, dem pack up and a leave me
darling she said i was yours to receive
poor poor me-isrealite
shirt dem a tear up, trousers a Go
i don't want to end up like bonnie and clyde
poor poor me-isrealite
after a storm there must be a calm
catch me in your farm you sound an alarm
poor poor me-isrealite
(repeat from beginning and fade with
poor poor me-isrealite)