“Those Canaan Days” performed by the cast of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. From the 1999 film version of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ with Lyrics by Tim Rice & Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Lyrics
Do you remember the good years in Canaan?
The summers were endlessly gold (oh, mais oui!)
The fields were a patchwork of clover (all over)
The winters were never too cold
We'd stroll down the boulevards together
And everything 'round us was fine
Now the fields are dead and bare
No joie de vivre anywhere
Et maintenant, we drink a bitter wine
Those Canaan days
We used to know
Where have they gone?
Where did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan days
Do you remember those wonderful parties? (Oh là là)
The splendor of Canaan's cuisine
Our extravagant, elegant soirées
The gayest the Bible has seen
It's funny, but since we lost Joseph
We've gone to the other extreme
No one comes to dinner now
We'd only eat them anyhow
I even find I'm missing Joseph's dreams
Those Canaan days
We used to know
Where have they gone?
Where did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan days
It's funny, but since we lost Joseph
We've gone to the other extreme
Perhaps we all misjudged the lad
Perhaps he wasn't quite that bad
And how we miss his entertaining...
Dreams
Those Canaan days we used to know
Where have they gone?
Where did-
Did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan...
Days
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan
Days!
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In the summer of 1967, Andrew Lloyd Webber was asked by Alan Doggett, head of the Music Department at Colet court, St Paul’s Junior School who taught his younger brother, Julian, to write a ‘pop cantata’ for the school choir to sing at their Easter end of term concert.
Andrew immediately approached his friend Tim Rice to ask if he would write lyrics for the project. After toying with ideas about spies, 007′s and the like, Tim suggested the story of Joseph.
The first performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was on a cold winter afternoon on 1st March 1968 at the Old Assembly Hall, Colet Court, Hammersmith.
Accompanied by the School orchestra and conducted by Alan Doggett, the performance was only 15 minutes long.
It was such a success that a second performance was arranged on 12th May 1968 at Central Hall, Westminster, where Andrew’s father was the organist. Julian Lloyd Webber gave a classical recital in the first half, along with Bill Lloyd Webber. The audience of approximately 2,500 consisted mainly of parents of the Colet Court boys. To Andrew and Tim’s surprise, Derek Jewell, Jazz and Pop Critic for The Sunday Times, saw the show and wrote a favourable review of Joseph, which appeared on 19th May 1968. A third performance took place on 9th November 1968 at St Paul’s Cathedral, where Joseph was expanded to include songs such as ‘Potiphar’ for the first time.
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