Hm, maybe you heard Oysterhead's cover of it? I just looked it up and found out it was a top hit during 1969. I thought it was earlier than that. And I was never sure about the very first line, which I thought included the word "breakfast":
The Israelites Desmond Dekker and The Aces
(Desmond Dacres & Leslie Kong)
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir, so that every mouth can be fed. Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.
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The Israelites
Desmond Dekker and The Aces
(Desmond Dacres & Leslie Kong)
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir,
so that every mouth can be fed.
Poor me, the Israelite. Aah.