| Well stone the crows
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| This Joseph is a clever kid
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| Who’d have thought that fourteen cows
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| Could mean the things he said they did?
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| Joseph, you must help me further
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| I have got a job for you
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| You shall lead you through this crisis
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| You shall be my number two
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| (Narrator &Female Ensemble)
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| Pharaoh told his guards to fetch
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| A chisel form the local store
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| Whereupon he ordered them
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| To cut the chains that Joseph wore
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| Joseph got a royal pardon
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| And a host of splendid things
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| A chariot of gold, a cloak
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| A medal and some signet rings
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| Joseph-
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| Pharaoh’s number two
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| Joseph-
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| Egypt looks to you
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| (Joseph, Narrator &Female Ensemble)
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| Joseph-
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| Pharaoh’s number two
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| Joseph-
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| Egypt looks to you
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| (Narrator &Female Ensemble)
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| Seven summers on the trot
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| Were perfect just as joseph said
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| Joseph saw that food was gathered
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| Ready for the years ahead
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| Seven years of famine followed
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| Egypt didn’t mind a bit
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| The first recorded rationing
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| In history was a hit
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| (Female Ensemble)
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| Joseph how can we ever say
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| All that we want to about you
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| We’re so glad that you came our way
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| We would have perished without you
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| (Pharaoh)
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| Joseph we are the perfect team
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| Old buddies, that’s you and me I was wise to have chosen you
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| You’ll be wise to agree
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| (Female Ensemble)
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| Joseph how can we ever say
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| All that we want to about you
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| We’re so glad that you came our way
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| We would have perished without you
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| (Pharaoh)
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| We were in a jam
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| Would have baffled Abraham
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| But now we’re a partnership
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| It’s just a piece of cake
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| (Female Ensemble)
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| Greatest man since Noah
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| Only goes to shoah
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| (Joseph)
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| Anyone from anywhere can make it If they get a lucky break
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| (Narrator &Female Ensemble)
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| This could be a happy ending
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| Perfect place to stop the show
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| Joseph after all has gone
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| About as far as he can go But I’m sure that Jacob and
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| His other sons have crossed your mind
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| How had famine hit the family
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| Joseph left behind? |