“Potiphar” performed by Maria Friedman as the Narrator, Donny Osmond as Joseph, and Joan Collins as Potiphar’s wife. 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
Joseph was taken to egypt in chains and sold
Where he was bought by a captain named potiphar
Potiphar had very few cares
He was one of egypt’s millionaires
Having made a fortune buying shares in
Pyramids
Potiphar had made a huge pile
Owned a large percentage of the nile
Meant that i could really live in style
And he did
Oh i did
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 av’rage
Made him leader of his household
Maximum promotion
Potiphar was cool and so fine
But my wife would never toe the line
It’s all there in chapter thirty-nine of genesis
She was beautiful but evil
Saw a lot of men against his will
He would have to tell her that she still was his
You’re mine
Joseph’s looks and handsome figure
Had attracted her attention
Ev’ry morning she would beckon
Come and lie with me, love
Joseph wanted to resist her
Till one day she proved too eager
Joseph cried in vain
Please stop
I don’t believe in free love
Pity
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
Letting out a mighty roar
Potiphar burst through the door
Joseph i’ll see you rot in jail
The things you have done are beyond the pale
Poor, poor joseph, locked up in a cell
Things ain’t goin’ well hey
Locked up in a cell
Poor, poor joseph locked up in a cell
Things ain’t goin’ well hey
Locked up in a cell
Locked up in a cell
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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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