Poor Poor Joseph

[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 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

• Artist:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (musical)
• Album:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat