Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat movie - Poor, Poor Joseph lyrics

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Narrator <br>

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Next day, far from home,<br>

The brothers planned the repulsive crime <br>

Brothers <br>

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Let us grab him now,<br>

Do him in, while weave got the time <br>

Narrator <br>

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This they did and made the most of it<br>

Tore his coat and flung him in pit <br>

Brothers <br>

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Let us leave him here,<br>

All alone, and he's bound to die <br>

Narrator <br>

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When some Ishmaelites,<br>

A hairy crew, came riding by<br>

In a flash the brothers changed their plan <br>

Brothers <br>

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We need cash. Let's sell him if we can <br>

Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children <br>

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Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?<br>

Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?<br>

Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?<br>

Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do? <br>

Brothers <br>

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Could you use a slave,<br>

You hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?<br>

Young, strong, well-behaved,<br>

Going cheap and he reads and writes <br>

Narrator <br>

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In a trice the dirty deal was done<br>

Silver coins for Jacob's favourite son <br>

Then the Ishmaelites<br>

Galloped off with the slave in tow<br>

Off to Egypt where Joseph was not keen to go<br>

It wouldn't be a picnic he could tell <br>

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Joseph <br>

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And I don't speak Egyptian very well <br>

Narrator <br>

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Joseph's brothers tore<br>

His precious multi-coloured coat<br>

Having ripped it up,<br>

They next attacked a passing goat<br>

Soon the wretched creature was no more<br>

They dipped his coat in blood and guts and gore <br>

Narrator, Ensemble & Children <br>

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Oh now brothers, how low can you stoop?<br>

You make a sordid group, hey, how low can you stoop?<br>

Poor, poor Joseph, sold to be a slave<br>

Situation's grave, hey, sold to be a slave<br>

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