The Brothers Come To Egypt lyrics

[NARRATOR]

So back in Canaan

The future looked rough

Joseph'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

We will starve if we hang around here

And in Egypt there's food going spare

They've got corn

They've got meat

They've got food and drinks

And if we have the time we could see the Sphinx

[NARRATOR]

So they finally decided to 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

• Artist:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (musical)
• Album:Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat