Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Poor Poor Joseph Lyrics

Poor Poor Joseph Lyrics

Narrator 
Nest 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 
Then 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 favorite 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-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 
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 
Sold to be a slave