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Desmond Dekker

"I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school."

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"So, after school, I needed to learn a trade and started to work as a tailor."
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"I was born in St. Andrew's and raised in Kingston then I attended the Alpha Boy's school."
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