[Narrator]
So back in Canaan
The future looked rough
Jacob's family
Was 'llnding it tough
[Brothers]
For the famine
Has caught us unprepared
We are thin we are ill
We are getting scared
It's enough to make anyone weep
We are down
To our very last sheep
[Reuben] We will starve
lfwe hang around here
[Zebulun] But in Egypt
There's food going spare
[Asher] They've got corn
They've got meat
They've got fruit and drinks
[Dan] And ifwe have the time
We could see the Sphinx
[Narrator]
So they 'llnally decided
To go
Offto Egypt
To see brother Jo
So they all lay
Before Joseph's feet
[Brothers]
Mighty prince
Give us something to eat
[Narrator]
Joseph found it a strain
Not to laugh because
Not a brother among them
Knew who he was
[Joseph]
I shall now take them all
For a ride
After all they have tried
Fratricide
[Joseph]
I dreamed that in
The 'llelds one day
The corn gave me a sign
Your eleven sheaves of corn
All turned and bowed to mine
I dreamed I saw eleven stars
The sun the moon and sky
Bowing down before my star
And now I realize why
How do I know
Where you come from
You could be spies
Telling me that you are hungry
That could be lies
How do I know who you are
Why do you think
I should help you
Would you help me
Why on earth
Should I believe you
I've no guarantee
[Narrator and Brothers]
Grovel cringe bow stoop fall
Worship worship
Beg kneel sponge crawl
Grovel grovel
Cringe bow stoop fall
Worship worship
Beg kneel sponge crawl
[Brothers]
We are just eleven brothers
Good men and true
Though we know
We count for nothing
When up next to you
Honesty's our middle name
Life is slowly ebbing from us
Hope's almost gone
It's getting very hard
To see us
From sideways on
[Narrator and Brothers]
Grovel grovel
Cringe bow stoop fall
Worship worship
Beg kneel sponge crawl
[Joseph]
I rather like the way
You're talking
Asture and sincere
Suddenly your tragic story
Gets me right here
[Brothers]
This is what we hoped he'd say
[Joseph]
All this tugging
At my heartstrings
Seems quite justi'lled
I shall give you what you came for
And lots more beside
[Brothers and Narrator]
Thank you thank you
Cringe bow stoop fall
Worship worship
Beg kneel sponge crawl
[Brothers]
Thank you thank you
Cringe bow stoop fall
Worship worship
Beg kneel sponge crawl
[Narrator]
Joseph handed them
Sackloads of food
And they grovelled
With base gratitude
[Female Ensemble] Then unseen
Joseph nipped out
Around the back
And planted a cup
In young Benjamin's sack
[Narrator]
When the brothers
Were ready to go
Joseph turned to them all
With a terrible stare and said
[Joseph and Children]
No no no no no
[Joseph]
Stop you robbers
Your little number's up
One ofyou has stolen
My precious golden cup
[Narrator]
Joseph started searching
Through his brothers' sacks
Everyone was nervous
No one could relax
[Children]
Who's the thief
Who's the thief
Who's the thief
Who's the thief
[Narrator and Children]
Is it Reuben No
Is it Simeon No
Is it Napthali No
Is it Dan No
Is it Asher No
Is it Isaachar No
Is it Levi No
Who's the man
Is it Zebulun No
Is it Gad No
Is it Judah No
Is it him
[Children]
Could it be could it be
Could it be could it be
Could it be could it be
[Narrator]
Could it possibly
Be Benjamin
[Children]
Yes yes yes
[Joseph]
Benjamin you nasty youth
Your crime has shocked me
To the core
Never in my whole career
Have I encountered this before
Guards seize him
Lock him in a cell
Throw the keys
Into the Nile as well
[Narrator]
Each of the brothers
Fell to his knees
[Brothers]
Show him some mercy
Oh mighty one please
He would not do this
He must have been framed
Jail us and beat us
We should be blamed
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