Jacob and Sons / Joseph's Coat

Starring Michael Damian as Joseph

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Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Narrator: Kelli Rabke
Pharoah: Robert Torti
Jacob/Potiphar: Clifford David
Butler/Gad: Glenn Sneed
Baker: Bill Nolte
Mrs. Potiphar: Julie Bond
Reuben: Marc Kudisch
Simeon: Neal Ben-Ari
Levi: Robert Torti
Napthali: Danny Bolero Zaldivar
Issachar: Bill Nolte
Asher: Willy Falk
Dan: Joseph Savant
Zebulun: Tim Schultheis
Benjamin: Ty Taylor
Judah: Gerry McIntyre

Opening Night: February 25, 1993

[junew]

I was in this musical in the kid's chorus a long time ago, and when Dan arrived in this number, he did this awesome twisting backflip and landed it perfectly everytime. It was insane.

[RudolfJvVuuren]

"I look handsome, I look smart! I am a walking work of art!" I love that!

[lexknif]

This is one of the musicals that everyone takes for granted. It has awesome music and the story is great! WHY do so many people bot know this musical???

[penguinmaster]

idk but "zebulon" always sounded like some kind of sci-fi villain

[youlowertheiqofthewholestr]

We sang this at our choir in my primary school. I miss this so much!

[katherineg]

Not quite sure I saw that many colours tbh 💁

[annabarham]

I have fond memories of this. When I was in year 6 we performed Joseph for the end of year school play. I was Jacob.

[moguera]

My names Jacob so I listen to the first half of this song because I feel important :D

[katspray]

I absolutely love this song so much and it is in my school play❤❤❤😂😊

[alildaisy]

1:55 is where Joseph’s coat start for all coming her to practice this

[Enterprise-D]

Narrator:

Way way back many centuries ago,
Not long after the Bible began
Jacob lived in the land of Canaan,
A fine example of a family man.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Depended on farming to earn their keep.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Spent all of his days in the fields with sheep.
Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation
Thanks to the number of children he had
He was also known as Israel, but most of the time
His sons and his wives used to call him Dad.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Men of the soil, of the sheaf and crook.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
A remarkable family in anyone's book.

Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble & Children:

Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel
With Simeon and Levi the next in line
Naphtali and Issachar with Asher and Dan
Zebulun and Gad took the total to nine
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Benjamin and Judah, which leaves only one
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Joseph - Jacob's favourite son
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob Jacob Jacob
Jacob and
Sons
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JOSEPH'S COAT

Jacob:

Joseph's mother, she was quite my favourite wife
I never really loved another all my life
And Joseph was my joy because
He reminded me of her

Narrator:

Through young Joseph, Jacob lived his youth again
Loved him, praised him, gave him all he could, but then
It made the rest feel second best
And even if they weren’t -

Brothers:

Being told we're also-rans
Does not makes us Joseph fans

Narrator:

But where they had really missed the boat is

Brothers:

We're great guys but no-one seems to notice

Narrator:

Joseph's charm and winning smiles
Failed to slay them in the aisles
And his father couldn't see the danger
He could not imagine any danger
He just saw in Joseph all his dreams come true.
Jacob wanted to show the world he loved his son
To make it clear that Joseph was the special one
So Jacob bought his son a coat
A multi-coloured coat to wear

Jacob, Brothers and Female Ensemble:

Joseph's coat was elegant,
The cut was fine
The tasteful style was the
Ultimate in good design
And this is why it caught the eye
A king would stop and stare

Narrator:

And when Joseph tried it on
He knew his sheepskin days were gone

Narrator & Female Ensemble & Children:

Such a dazzling coat of many colours
How he loved his coat of many colours

Narrator:

In a class above the rest
It even went well with his vest
Such a stunning coat of many colours
How he loved his coat of many colours
It was red and yellow and green and brown and
Blue
Joseph's brothers weren't
Too pleased with what they saw

Brothers:

We have never liked him
All that much before
And now this coat
Has got our goat
We feel life is unfair

Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children:

And when Joseph graced the scene
His brothers turned a shade of green
His astounding clothing took the biscuit

Brothers:

Quite the smoothest person in the district

Joseph & Female Ensemble:

I look handsome, I look smart
I am a walking work of art
Such a dazzling coat of colours
How I love my coat of many colours

Narrator, Joseph, Ensemble & Children:

It was red and yellow and green and brown
And scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
And purple and white and pink and orange
And red and yellow and green and brown and
Scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
And purple and white and pink and orange
And blue

[TheGreatHog]

I am practicing this musical at my high school and we are doin awesome but Joseph coat song is one of my favs in this

[pzxnhty]

Way way back many centuries ago,
Not long after the Bible began
Jacob lived in the land of Canaan,
A fine example of a family man.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Depended on farming to earn their keep.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Spent all of his days in the fields with sheep.
Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation
Thanks to the number of children he had
He was also known as Israel, but most of the time
His sons and his wives used to call him Dad.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Men of the soil, of the sheaf and crook.
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
A remarkable family in anyone's book.
Narrator, Brothers, Female Ensemble & Children
Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel
With Simeon and Levi the next in line
Naphtali and Issachar with Asher and Dan
Zebulun and Gad took the total to nine
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Benjamin and Judah, which leaves only one
Jacob, Jacob and sons,
Joseph - Jacob's favourite son
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob, Jacob and sons
Jacob Jacob Jacob
Jacob and
Sons

[burgerweegy]

At the actual show my ears were still ringing with the for ages lol

[uasb]

This original one is exactly what I wanted to listen to 😊thank you so much

[ksiisbased]

Such a dazzling coat of many colors! How I love my coat of many colors!

[madsmari]

I'm in love with the narrator's voice in this version.

[nigelnyoni]

In 2006, Mrs. Melanie Williams put on a production of Joseph at John Mackenzie school, with the aid of Ms. Jacobs and Mrs. D. Nyoni.

I played joseph and will never fail to identify with joseoph through all the trials i face in life... My life held so much promise in my childhood. Lets see what i can make of myself

[pixnam]

when i was in year 4, we used to sing all songs like these, they were nostalgic and from the 80s.

[mw-cwvq]

My dad played reuban in the local play and smashed it !