Misc Musical - Poor Poor Joseph by - Текст песни

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Dreamcoat (c) 1969

Narrator: Next day, far from home, the brothers planned the repulsive crime

Brothers: Let us grab him now, do him in, while we've got the time

Narrator: This they did and made the most of it
Tore his coat and flung him in a pit

Brothers: Let us leave him here, all alone, and he's bound to die

Narrator: When some Ishmaelites, a hariy crew, came riding by
In a flash the brothers changed their plan

Brothers: We need cash!  Let's sell him if we can

Chorus of Weeping Maidens:  Poor Poor Joseph.  What'cha gonna do?
Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?

Brothers: Could you use a slave, you hairy bunch of Ishmaelites?
Young, strong, well-behaved, going cheap and he reads and writes

Narrator: In a trice the dirty deal was done
Silver coins for Jacob's favorite son
Then the Ishmaelites galloped off with a slave in tow
Off to Egypt where Joseph was not keen to go
It wouldn't be a picnic he could tell

Joseph: And I don't speak Egyptian very well

Narrator: Joseph's brothers tore his precious multi-colored coat
Having ripped it up, they next attacked a passing goat
Soon the wretched creature was no more
They dipped his coat in blood and guts and gore

Oh now brothers, how low can you stoop?
You make a sordid group, hey, how low can you stoop?
Poor poor Joseph, sold to be a slave
Situation's grave, hey, sold to be a slave