Dekker, junto con su banda The Aces nos regalo este hit internacional en 1968 The Israelites que llego a ser el primer numero uno reggae de Reino Unido y por eso se habló de lo difícil que resultaba entender a Dekker por su acento jamaicano, con esta canción Jamaica, el Reggae, el Rastafarismo y el Rudeboy llamaron a las puertas de Europa comercial.
El otro Top Ten que pudimos disfrutar de Dekker fue con el cover de You Can Get It If You Really Want de Jimmy Cliff.
Esperamos que disfrutéis como nosotros de esta:
"obra maestra atemporal que no conoce fronteras"
The Israelites - Desmond Dekker
so that every mouth can be fed.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
So that every mouth can be fed.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
My wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me.
Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
Shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone.
I don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
After a storm there must be a calm.
They catch me in the farm. You sound the alarm.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
Poor me, the Israelite.
I wonder who I'm working for.
Poor me, Israelite,
I look a-down and out, sir.
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