Jacob:
Do you remember the good years in Canaan?
The summers were endlessly gold
The fields were a patchwork of clover
The winters were never too cold
We've strolled 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
Brothers:
Those Canaan days we used to know
Where have they gone, where did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan days
Reuben:
Do you remember those wonderful parties?
The splendor of Canaan's cuisine
Our extravagant, elegant soirees
The gayest the Bible has seen
(Brothers Wail)
It's funny but since we lost Joseph
(All: Joseph)
We've gone to the other extreme
Napthali:
No-one comes to dinner now
We even find we're missing Joseph's dreams
Brothers:
Those Canaan days we used to know
Where have they gone, where did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan days
Reuben:
We've gone to the other extreme
Perhaps we all misjudged the lad
Perhaps he wasn't quite that bad
Brothers, Jacob and Handmaidens:
And how we miss his entertaining dreams
Brothers & Handmaidens:
Those Canaan days we used to know
Where have they gone, where did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan days
Jacob & Reuben:
Those Canaan days we used to know
Where have they gone, where did they go?
Eh bien, raise your berets
To those Canaan days
Narrator:
So back in Cannan the future looked rough
Jacobs family were finding it tough
Brothers:
For the famine has caught us unprepared
We are thin we are ill
We are getting scred
Its enough to make anyone weep
We are down to our very last sheep
We will starve if we hang around here
But in Egypt theres food going spare
They've got corn they've got wheat
They've got food and drinks!
and if we had the time we could see the Sphinks
Narrator:
So they finally decided to go
Off to Egypt to see brother Jo
Where they all lay before Josephs feet
Mighty prince give us something to eat
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 had tried fratraside
