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Song 1

Whoa whoa whoa yeah
whoa whoa whoa whoa yeah
When your mother forsake you and your father too
When your brother forsake you and your sister too

Give thanks and praise to the lord who is God
He [????] my bredrens the wicked will fall

Song 2

Yeah my baby
ooooo yeah
I love you so much girl
and you don't seems to know me
you just keep on running around with
every man you see........

Song 3

You don't know
You don't know
how glad I am to see you
[sorry don't know any more of the song!]

Song 4

Seh di poor man work the hardest
and the rich one take it away
seh di poor man work the hardest
and the rich man take it away
lard ah no hard di times so hard
Seh [?????] jah jah children....

Song 5

Got to beware people beware
You got to practice what you preach
cos soon and very soon you will see
the sun moon and stars stop shining
the river and the sea will turn into blood

Song 6

The whole world is full of madness
all I see is sadness
they fuss and they war [their guns]
but who is the gonna be the worst

only jah ah go conquer
only jah jah jah ah go show us the way
only jah ah goh make I obey
he he heyyyy
he he heyyyy

Thanks alot

Song 4 is wicked !!! I have it, but can't remember right now. I'll check ant let you know later.

Song 2 should be 'Do Good Girl' by Chester Coke (Solid State 7") but I have never heard the full vocal.. My 7" is a deejay cut over the dub of Do Good Girl by someone I cant identify (even though it has the label of Do Good Girl credited to Chester Coke.. (further on in the tune you can hear 'Do Good Girl and it will follow you all the days of your life life life so it makes sense I guess.)

Do you have the full vocal or does the vocal stop a little after what you wrote by the way?

Hi Mashdownfortyfive

From the sounds of it I have the same song as you (there is a DJ in the background saying something about 1966!). Thanks for the heads up tho!.

I got it... Song 4 is : Rupert and the Fabulous Two - Time hard, on a Ruperts 7".

Anbessa

Uber-thanks for that. Never heard of him/them so this should be interesting....I salute your knowledge (and collection!!!)

You're uber-welcome Meowbabe ! I am very happy to help if I can... I don't know anything else from these guys, unless they recorded under another name. I love to collect these obscure tunes which are very rare, but not expensive, because nobody knows them !
If you love that style, you should also check groups like the Africans (King of the Congo, Have a grand time, Life in the ghetto, Earth runnings) or the Fudgie Brothers (Hard times, Peace and love, Tribute to the great). Uplifting music !

Anbessa,

Its obvious that you know your music and the more obscure the better. Do you have any ideas on any of the other songs? I have all my music on old memorex tapes, lovingly 'stolen' from my father as these are the tapes/music of my childhood and I know these tapes are soon to disintergrate as they are beyond ancient. I will definitely check out your other recommendations. Googled Rupert and the Fabulous Two and didn't come up with a thing - what to do what to do....???

Unfortunately, I don't know any other tune from that list... I'll ask some people around me.
You said this is the music of your childhood ??? Man, you grew up with serious tunes !!!
If you're lucky you might find some on ebay. Nobody ever bids on them when they're listed, because they're not "Shaka killers"...
I'm not very good with computers, but I'll try and send you some tunes in mp3 files. Just let me know your email adress.

Anbessa

Yeah my dad was quite a "conscious yoot" in his day so there was always some ital music to be heard in the house and it infected us kiddies in the nicest possible way. Some of the tunes bring me right back in time....

my email address is meowbabe1973@yahoo.co.uk.

Thanks so much. You are a star.....