[ti:Poor, Poor Joseph]
[ar:The New Musical Cast]
[al:Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]
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[00:00.00]Poor, poor joseph - The New Musical Orchestra
[00:10.89]Nest day far from home
[00:12.84]The brothers planned the repulsive crime
[00:15.07]Let us grab him now
[00:16.91]Do him in while we've got the time
[00:19.31]This they did and made the most of it
[00:26.68]Tore his coat and flung him in a pit
[00:32.12]Let us leave him here
[00:34.43]All alone and he's bound to die
[00:36.70]Then some Ishmaelites
[00:37.69]A hairy crew came riding by
[00:49.68]In a flash the brothers changed their plan
[00:53.58]We need cash Let's sell him if we can
[00:57.89]Poor poor Joseph what'cha gonna do
[01:02.23]Things look bad for you hey what'cha gonna do
[01:06.44]Poor poor Joseph what'cha gonna do
[01:10.73]Things look bad for you hey what'cha gonna do
[01:14.95]Could you use a slave
[01:17.05]You hairy bunch of Ishmaelites
[01:19.13]Young strong well-behaved
[01:21.32]Going cheap and he reads and writes
[01:23.70]In a trice the dirty deal was done
[01:28.05]Silver coins for Jacob's favorite son
[01:32.01]Then the Ishmaelites
[01:34.35]Galloped off with the slave in tow
[01:36.41]Off to Egypt were Joseph was not keen to go
[01:41.22]It wouldn't be a picnic he could tell
[01:44.56]And I don't speak Egyptian very well
[01:47.29]Joseph's brothers tore
[01:51.43]His precious multi-colored coat
[01:53.26]Having ripped it up
[01:56.10]They next attacked a passing goat
[01:57.75]Soon the wretched creature was no more
[02:00.04]They dipped his coat in blood and guts and gore
[02:06.40]Oh now brothers how low can you stoop
[02:10.51]You make a sordid group hey how low can you stoop
[02:17.07]Poor poor Joseph sold to be a slave
[02:22.54]Situation's grave hey sold to be a slave