The Brothers come to Egypt
Narrator:
So back in Canaan the future looked rough
Jacob's family were finding 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 if we 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 if we have the time
We could see the Sphinx
Narrator:
So they finally decided to go (Here we go!)
Off to Egypt to see brother Joe
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 fields 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 came 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? (Ye s!)
Why on earth should I believe you?
I've no guarantee
Narrator & Brothers:
Grovel, 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 & Brothers:
Grovel, grovel, cringe, bow, stoop, fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl
Joseph:
I rather like the way you're talking,
Astute and sincere
Suddenly your tragic story
It gets me right here
Brothers:
This is what we hoped he'd say
Joseph:
All this tugging at my heartstrings
Seems quite justified
I shall give you what you came for
And lots more beside
Narrator & Brothers:
Thank you, thank you, cringe, bow, stoop, fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl
Thank you, thank you, cringe, bow, stoop, fall
Worship, worship, beg, kneel, sponge, crawl
Narrator:
Joseph handed them sack loads of food
And they groveled with base gratitude
Female Ensemble:
Then, unseen, Joseph 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:
No
No
No
No
No