Joseph - Poor, Poor Joseph Lyrics

1993 Broadway revival
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the Musical - Poor, Poor Joseph Lyrics


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

BROTHERS:
Let us grab him now,
Do him in, while weave got the time

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

BROTHERS:
Let us leave him here,
All alone, and he's bound to die

NARRATOR:
When some Ishmaelites,
A hairy crew, came riding by
In a flash the brothers changed their plan

BROTHERS:
We need cash. Let's sell him if we can

NARRATOR, FEMALE ENSEMBLE & CHILDREN:
Poor, poor Joseph, what'cha gonna do?
Things look bad for you, hey, what'cha gonna do?
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 favourite son
Then the Ishmaelites
Galloped off with the 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-coloured 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

NARRATOR, ENSEMBLE & CHILDREN:
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


Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the Musical Songs Lyrics
Poor Poor Joseph lyrics Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat


Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Prologue
Any Dream Will Do
Jacob and Sons
Joseph's Coat
Joseph's Dreams
Poor, Poor Joseph
One More Angel in Heaven
Potiphar
Close Every Door
Go, Go, Go Joseph
Pharaoh Story
Song of the King (Seven Fat Cows)
Pharaoh's Dreams Explained
Stone the Crows
Those Canaan Days
The Brothers Come To Egypt
Grovel, Grovel
Who's The Thief?
Benjamin Calypso
Joseph All the Time
Jacob in Egypt
Finale: Any Dream Will Do
Give Me My Colored Coat (Joseph Megamix)