GET UP IN THE MORNING
SLAVING FOR BREAD, SIR
SO, THAT EVERY MOUTH
CAN BE FED
POOR... ME ISRAELITES, AH
GET UP IN THE MORNING
SLAVING FOR BREAD, SIR
SO, THAT EVERY MOUTH
CAN BE FED
POOR... ME ISRAELITES
MY WIFE AND MY KIDS
THEM PACK UP
AND A-LEAVE ME
DARLING, SHE SAID
I WAS YOURS TO RECEIVE
POOR... ME ISRAELITES
SHIRT DEM A-TEAR UP
TROUSERS A-GO
I DON'T WANT TO END UP
LIKE BONNY AND CLYDE
POOR... ME ISRAELITES
AFTER A STORM
THERE MUST BE A CALM
IF YOU CATCH ME IN YOUR FARM
YOU SOUND YOUR ALARM
POOR, A-POOR, A-POOR
ME ISRAELITES, YEE!
I SAID I GET UP
IN THE MORNING
SLAVING FOR BREAD, SIR
SO, THAT EVERY MOUTH
CAN BE FED
POOR, ME ISRAELITES, AH
I SAID MY WIFE AND MY KIDS
THEY PACK UP
AND A-LEAVE ME
DARLING, SHE SAID
I WAS YOURS TO RECEIVE
POOR ME ISRAELITES, AH
LOOK, MY SHIRT DEM A TEAR-UP
TROUSERS A-GO
I DON'T WANT TO END UP
LIKE BONNY AND CLYDE
A-POOR, A-POOR
ME ISRAELITES, AH
AFTER A STORM
THERE MUST BE A CALM
IF YOU CATCH ME IN YOUR FARM
YOU SOUND YOUR ALARM
POOR... ME ISRAELITES, YEE...
A-POOR, A-POOR
A-POOR, A-POOR
ME ISRAELITES
I'M A-WONDERIN'
A-WORKIN' SO HARD
A-POOR, A-POOR, A-POOR
ME ISRAELITES
A-LOOK A-DOWN ON ME, SIR
A-POOR... ME ISRAELITES, YEE...
OOH, YEAH, YEE...