Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> D -> Desmond Dekker & The Aces

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There are 11 misheard song lyrics for Desmond Dekker & The Aces on amIright currently.

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"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah, misery life
Original Lyrics:
Poor me, the Israelite.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, ache in me head, sir
Taste in me mouth like a parrot that's dead
Ooh, ooh, me ears are alight.
Original Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed
Poor me, the Israelite.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for oppressor.
Original Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, Sir.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get up the morning, saving for breast, er
So every mouth can beef head
Oooooeerrrr, me ears is a lie.
Original Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed
Poor me, the Israelite.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, oh, oh is there a light?
Original Lyrics:
Poor me, the Israelite.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
The Israelizer
Original Lyrics:
The Israelites, uhh.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Wake up every morning, good god, Miss Moh-olly
Wubba-wubba, ooooh
Ohhhhh, the hills are alive.
Original Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, sir
So that every mouth can be fed
Poor me, the Israelite.
"Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Why find my kids? They f*** off and a-leave me.
Original Lyrics:
Wife and my kids, they pack up and a-leave me.
"Israelite"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ah well, I get up in the morning, paving for breakfast.
Original Lyrics:
Get up in the morning, slaving for bread, Sir.
"Shanty Town"
Misheard Lyrics:
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a weiner
Shanty Town
Original Lyrics:
Dem a loot, dem a shoot, dem a wail
A Shanty Town.
"The Israelites"
Misheard Lyrics:
Don't want to end up like Funny Eyed Clyde.
Original Lyrics:
Don't want to end up like Bonnie and Clyde.

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