\nEn af ska- og rocksteady-musikkens store pioneerer, Kingston’s egen Desmond Dekker, d\u00f8de i torsdags. Respekt herfra til Desmond, der af de fleste bizart nok mest kendes pga. sin formodede hovedrolle i teksten p\u00e5 Beatleshelvedet “Ob-la-di Ob-la-da”….! Men det han b\u00f8r og skal blive husket for er sin elegante og sj\u00e6lfulde vokal p\u00e5 fantastiske sange som “Israelites”, som var det allerf\u00f8rste Jamaica-indspillede hit i Europa og USA nogensinde, “007 (Shanty Town)”, “Rude Boy Train” og “Pickney Gal”. Alle sunde hits, der ubesv\u00e6ret tog ham langt udover de sn\u00e6vre mod- og skinhead-milj\u00f8er i sen-60’ernes England, hvor han f\u00f8rst blev seri\u00f8st respekteret og v\u00e6rdsat.<\/p>\n
ISRAELITES<\/p>\n
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
\n so that every mouth can be fed.
\n Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.<\/p>\n
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
\n So that every mouth can be fed.
\n Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.<\/p>\n
My wife and my kids, they are packed up and leave me.
\n Darling, she said, I was yours to be seen.
\nPoor me, the Israelite. Aah.<\/p>\n
Shirt them a-tear up, trousers are gone.
\n I don’t want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.
\n Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.<\/p>\n
After a storm there must be a calm.
\n They catch me in the farm. You sound the alarm.
\n Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.<\/p>\n
Poor me, the Israelite.
\n I wonder who I’m working for.
\n Poor me, Israelite,
\n I look a-down and out, sir.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Desmond Dekker<\/p>\n