Biografia:
Desmond Dekker (nome artístico de Desmond Adolphus Dacres, Kingston, 16 de Julho de 1941 — Surrey, 25 de Maio de 2006) foi um cantor e compositor jamaicano de ska e reggae.
Foi o primeiro artista jamaicano a ser considerado uma lenda do reggae. Seus maiores sucessos foram "Israelites" e "007 (Shanty Town)".
Desmond foi um dos pais e pioneiros do skinhead reggae. Foi homenageado pelos The Beatles na música "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da".
Morreu de ataque cardíaco em sua residência em Surrey, Inglaterra.
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Outras músicas:
- 007 Shanty Town
- Beautiful And Dangerous
- Coomyah
- Fu Man Chu
- Get Up Edina
- Hey Grandma
- Hippopotamus
- Honor Your Mother And Father
- I Believe
- Intensified 68 Music Like Dirt
- Israelite
- Israelites
- It Gotta Be So
- It Mek
- Keep A Cool Head
- My Reward
- Nincompoop
- Peace Of Mind
- Pickney Gal
- Pretty Africa
- Rude Boy Train
- Sabotage
- The Israelite
- Tips Of My Fingers
- To Sir With Love
- Unity
- You Can Get It If You Really Want
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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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
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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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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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
A#
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
A#
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
D# F A#
A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
A#7
Ima wondering working for hard
D# F A#
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...
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
A#
So that every mouth can be fed
D# F A# F# G#
Poor me Israelites
A#
Get up in the morning slaving for bread, sir
A#
So that every mouth can be fed
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
A#
My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
A#
Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
A#
Shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
A#
I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
A#
After a storm there must be a calm
A#
You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
A#
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
A#
My wife an' my kids them a pack up an' a leave me
A#
Darlin' she said, "I was yours to be seen"
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
A#
Look, shirt dem a tear-up trousers a go
A#
I don't want to end up like Bonny and Clyde
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
A#
After a storm there must be a calm
A#
You catch me in your farm, you sound your alarm
D# F A# (C#7)
Poor me Israelites
D# F A#
A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
A#7
Ima wondering working for hard
D# F A#
A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites
A#7
I look a-down and out, sir
D# F A#
A-poor, a-poor, a-poor, a-poor me Israelites...
Despina Vandi
Destination Anyw (...)
Destine
Destino Perdido
Destiny