NARRATOR:

Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains
And sold
Where he was baught by a captain named Potiphar

Potiphar had very few cares
He was one of Egypt's millionaires
Having made a fortune buying shares

POTIPHAR:

In pyramids

NARRATOR:

Potiphar had made a huge pile
Owned a large percentage of the Nile

POTIPHAR:

Meant that I could really live in style

NARRATOR:

And he did

POTPHAR:

Oh 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 average
Made him leader of the household, maximum promotion
Potiphar was cool and so fine

POTIPHAR:

But My wife would never toe the line

NARRATOR:

It's all there in chapter thirty-nine
Of Genesis

POTIPHAR:

Don't believe everything you read, dear.

NARRATOR:

She was beautiful but

POTIPHAR'S WIFE:

evil

NARRATOR:

Saw a lot of men against his will
He would have to tell her that she still
Was his

POTIPHAR:

You're mine!

NARRATOR:

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

POTIPHAR'S WIFE:

Pity.

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:

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

CHORUS OF WEEPING MAIDENS AND NARRATOR:

Poor poor Joseph, locked up in a cell
Things ain't going well, hey, locked up in a cell

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