Potiphar Lyrics

Narrator
Joseph was taken to Egypt in chains and sold
Where he was bought by a captain named Potiphar

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

Potiphar
Pyramids

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

Potiphar
Meant that I could really live in style

Narrator & MM
And he did

Narrator
Joseph was an unimportant
Slave who found he liked his master
Consequently worked much harder
Even with devotion

Poitphar could see that Joseph
Was a cut above the average
Made him leader of his household
Maximum promotion

Narrator & MM
Potiphar was cool and so fine

Potiphar
But my wife would never toe the line

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

She was beautiful but

Potiphar
Evil

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

Narrator
Joseph's looks and handsome figure
Had attracted her attention
Every morning she would beckon

Mrs. Potiphar
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

Narrator
Potiphar was counting sheckels
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, Ensemble & Children
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

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