[NARRATOR]
Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains and sold
Where he was bought by a captain named Potiphar
[NARRATOR & ENSEMBLE]
Potiphar had very few cares
He was one of Egypt's millionaires
Having made a fortune buying shares in
[POTIPHAR]
Pyramids
[NARRATOR & ENSEMBLE]
Potiphar had made a huge pile
Owned a large percentage of the Nile
[POTIPHAR]
Meant that I could really live in style
[NARRATOR & ENSEMBLE]
And he did
[POTIPHAR]
Yes, I did
[NARRATOR]
Joseph was an unimportant slave
Who found he liked his master
Consequently worked much harder
Even with devotion
Potiphar could see that Joseph was
A cut above the av'rage
Made him leader of his household
Maximum promotion
[NARRATOR & ENSEMBLE]
Potiphar was cool and so fine
[POTIPHAR]
But my wife would never toe the line
[NARRATOR & ENSEMBLE]
It's all there in chapter thirty-nine of genesis
She was beautiful but
[PoOTIPHAR'S WIFE]
Evil
[NARRATOR]
Saw a lot of men against his will
He would have to tell her
That she still was his
Joseph's looks and handsome figure
Had attracted her attention
Every morning she would beckon:
[POTIPHAR'S WIFE]
"Come and lie with me, love"
[NARRATOR]
Joseph wanted to resist her
Till one day she proved too eager
Joseph cried in vain:
[JOSEPH]
Please stop! I don't believe in free love!
[NARRATOR]
Potiphar was counting shekels
In his den below the bedroom
When he heard a mighty rumpus
Clattering above him
Suddenly he knew his riches
Couldn't buy him what he wanted
Gold would never make him happy
If she didn't love him!
[NARRATOR, CHILDREN & ENSEMBLE]
Letting out a mighty roar, Potiphar burst through the door
[POTIPHAR]
Joseph, I'll see you rot in jail
The things you have done are beyond the pale!
[NARRATOR, CHILDREN & ENSEMBLE]
Poor, poor Joseph
Locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well
Hey, locked up in a cell
Poor, poor Joseph
Locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well
Hey, locked up in a cell
Locked up in a cell