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 a 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



CHORUS OF WEEPING MAIDENS:



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 deed was done

Silver coins for Jacob's favorite son

Then the Ishmaelites galloped off with a slave in tow

Off to Egypt where Joseph was not too 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



Oh now brothers, how low can you stoop?

You make a sorry group, hey, how low can you stoop?

Poor poor Joseph, sold to be a slave

Situation's grave, hey, sold to be a slave