Jacob And Sons / Joseph's Coat-Original Cast

[ti:Jacob And Sons / Joseph's Coat] [ar:London Palladium Cast Recording] [al:Andrew Lloyd Webber's New Production Of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Jacob And Sons / Joseph's Coat - Original Cast [00:22.85]Way way back many centuries ago [00:25.76]Not long after the bible began [00:29.30]Jacob lived in the land of canaan [00:32.51]A fine example of a family man [00:35.97]Jacob jacob and sons [00:39.33]Depended on farming to earn their keep [00:42.70]Jacob jacob and sons [00:46.02]Spend all of his days in the fields with sheep [00:49.48]Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation [00:52.97]Thanks to the number of children he had [00:55.98]He was also known as israel but most of the time [00:59.36]His sons and his wife used to call him dad [01:02.93]Jacob jacob and sons [01:06.30]Men of the soil of the sheaf and crook [01:09.68]Jacob jacob and sons [01:12.98]A remarkable family in anyone's book [01:16.64]Reuben was the eldest of the children of israel [01:19.89]With simeon and levi the nex in line [01:23.19]Naphtali and isaachar with asher and dan [01:26.61]Zebulun and gad took the total to nine [01:29.85]Jacob jacob and sons [01:33.37]Benjamin and judah which leaves only one [01:36.61]Jacob jacob and sons [01:40.08]Joseph - jacob's favourite son [01:43.66]Jacob jacob and sons [01:46.79]Jacob jacob and sons [01:50.03]Jacob jacob and sons [01:53.56]Jacob jacob jacob [01:56.70]Jacob and [01:58.06] [01:58.80]Sons [02:03.78] [02:08.76]Joseph's mother she was quite my favourite wife [02:12.16]I never really loved another all my life [02:15.65]And joseph was my joy because [02:17.81] [02:18.49]He reminded me of her [02:21.67] [02:22.21]Through young joseph jacob lived his youth again [02:25.42]Loved him praised him gave him all he could but then [02:28.84]It made the rest feel second best [02:31.81]And even if they were [02:34.61]Being told we're also-rans [02:37.65]Does not makes us joseph fans [02:40.88]But where they had really missed the boat is [02:44.52]We're great guys but no-one seems to notice [02:47.62]Joseph's charm and winning smile [02:50.90]Failed to slay them in the aisle [02:54.18]And his father couldn't see the danger [02:57.69]He could not imagine any danger [03:00.96]He just saw in joseph all his dreams come true [03:06.72] [03:07.50]Jacob wanted to show the world he loved his son [03:10.98]To make it clear that joseph was the special one [03:14.04]So jacob bought his son a coat [03:17.22]A multi-coloured coat to wear [03:20.84]Joseph's coat was elegant [03:23.03]The cut was fine [03:24.14]The tasteful style was the [03:25.74]Ultimate in good design [03:27.37]And this is why it caught the eye [03:30.36]A king would stop and stare [03:33.19]And when joseph tried it on [03:36.13]He knew his sheepskin days were gone [03:39.45]Such a dazzling coat of many colours [03:42.83]How he loved his coat of many coloures [03:46.12]In a class above the rest [03:49.28]It even went well with his vest [03:52.77]Such a stunning coat of many colours [03:56.03]How he loved his coat of many colours [03:59.30]It was red and yellow and green and [04:02.44]Brown and blue [04:05.10] [04:05.99]Joseph's brothers weren't [04:08.11]Too pleased with what they saw [04:09.65]We have never liked him [04:11.77]All that much before [04:12.74]And now this coat [04:14.19]Has got our goat [04:15.85]We feel life is unfair [04:18.48]And when joseph graced the scene [04:21.53]His brothers turned a shade of green [04:24.89]His astounding clothing took the biscuit [04:28.25]Quite the smoothest person in the district [04:31.49]I look handsome i look smart [04:34.55]I am walking work of art [04:37.79]Such a dazzling coat of colours [04:41.15]How i love my coat of many colours [04:44.55]It was red and yellow and green and brown [04:48.50]And scarlet and black and ochre and peach [04:51.46]And ruby and olive and violet and fawn [04:54.63]And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve [04:57.59]And cream and crimson and silver and rose [05:01.55]And azure and lemon and russet and grey [05:04.54]And purple and white and pink and orange [05:07.54]And red and yellow and green and brown and [05:11.40]Scarlet and black and ochre and peach [05:14.40]And ruby and olive and violet and fawn [05:17.51]And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve [05:20.54]And cream and crimson and silver and rose [05:23.95]And azure and lemon and russet and grey [05:26.99]And purple and white and pink and orange [05:29.59] [05:30.15]And blue