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"So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor."

Desmond Dekker, Jamaican Musician

Work, School, Trade

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"So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor."

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"So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor."

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