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PROLOGUE/ANY DREAM WILL DO

NARRATORSOME FOLKS DREAM OF THE WONDERS THEYLL DO

BEFORE THEIR TIME ON THIS PLANET IS THROUGH.

SOME JUST DONT HAVE ANYTHING PLANNED

THEY HIDE THEIR HOPES AND THEIR HEADS IN THE SAND.

NOW, I DONT SAY WHO IS WRONG, WHO IS RIGHT,

BUT IF BY CHANCE YOU ARE HERE FOR THE NIGHT,

THEN ALL I NEED IS AN HOUR OR TWO

TO TELL THE TALE OF A DREAMER LIKE YOU.

WE ALL DREAM A LOT.

SOME ARE LUCKY, SOME ARE NOT.

BUT IF YOU THINK IT, WANT IT, DREAM IT,

THEN ITS REAL

YOU ARE WHAT YOU FEEL.

BUT ALL THAT I SAY CAN BE TOLD ANOTHER WAY.

IN THE STORY OF A BOY WHOSE DREAMS CAME TRUE.

AND IT COULD BE YOU. .....

JOSEPH

I CLOSED MY EYES, DREW BACK THE CURTAIN ,

TO SEE FOR CERTAIN WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW. , .

FAR, FAR AWAY SOMEONE WAS WEEPING, ,

BUT THE WORLD WAS SLEEPING. ,

ANY DREAM WILL DO. .

JOSEPHI WORE MY COAT

CHILDRENI WORE MY COAT

JOSEPHWITH GOLDEN LINING

CHILDRENAH

JOSEPHBRIGHT COLORS SHINING ,

CHILDRENAH

JOSEPHWONDERFUL AND NEW

JOSEPHAND IN THE EAST

CHILDRENAND IN THE EAST

JOSEPHTHE DAWN WAS BREAKING

CHILDRENAH

JOSEPHBUT THE WORLD WAS WAKING

CHILDRENAH

JOSEPHANY DREAM WILL DO

A CRASH OF DRUMS, A FLASH OF LIGHT

MY GOLDEN COAT FLEW OUT OF SIGHT.

THE COLORS FADED INTO DARKNESS

I WAS LEFT ALONE

MAY I RETURN

CHILDRENMAY I RETURN

JOSEPHTO THE BEGINNING

THE LIGHT IS DIMMING

AND THE DREAM IS TOO

THE WORLD AND I

WE ARE STILL WAITING

STILL HESITATING

ANY DREAM WILL DO

NARRATORANY DREAM

ANY DREAM WILL

ANY DREAM

JOSEPH AND CHILDRENANY DREAM WILL DO

NARRATORANY DREAM

ANY DREAM WILL

ANY DREAM

JOSEPH, NARRATOR CHILDRENANY DREAM WILL DO

JACOB AND SONS

NARRATORWAY, WAY BACK MANY CENTURIES AGO

NOT LONG AFTER THE BIBLE BEGAN

JACOB LIVED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN

A FINE EXAMPLE OF A FAMILY MAN

JACOB, JACOB AND SONS

DEPENDED ON FARMING TO EARN THEIR KEEP.


SPENT ALL OF THEIR DAYS IN THE FIELDS WITH SHEEP

JACOB WAS THE FOUNDER OF A WHOLE NEW NATION,

THANKS TO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN HE HAD.

HE WAS ALSO KNOWN AS ISRAEL, BUT MOST OF THE TIME

HIS SONS AND HIS WIVES USED TO CALL HIM

ALLDAD!

NARRATOR WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONS

NARRATORMEN OF THE SOIL OF THE SHEAF AND CROOK.

NARRATOR WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONS

NARRATORA REMARKABLE FAMILY IN ANYONES BOOK

REUBEN WAS THE ELDEST OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL(BROTHERS shout their own names with NARRATOR.)

WITH SIMEON AND LEVI THE NEXT IN LINE.

NAPTHALI AND ISAACHAR WITH ASHER AND DAN

ZEBULUN AND GAD TOOK THE TOTAL TO NINE.

NARRATOR, BROTHERS WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONS

NARRATORBENJAMIN AND JUDAH WHICH LEAVES ONLY ONE.

NARRATOR, BROTHERS WOMENJACOB, JACOB AND SONS

NARRATORJOSEPH: JACOBS FAVORITE SON.

ALLJACOB, JACOB AND SONS



JACOB, JACOB, JACOB, JACOB AND SONS

JOSEPHS COAT

JACOBJOSEPHS MOTHER SHE WAS QUITE MY FAVORITE WIFE.

I NEVER REALLY LOVED ANOTHER ALL MY LIFE

AND JOSEPH WAS MY JOY BECAUSE HE REMINDED ME OF HER.

NARRATORTHROUGH YOUNG JOSEPH JACOB LIVED HIS YOUTH AGAIN.

LOVED HIM, PRAISED HIM, GAVE HIM ALL HE COULD BUT THEN

IT MADE THE REST FEEL SECOND BEST AND EVEN IF THEY WERE

BROTHERSBEING TOLD WERE ALSO-RANS DOES NOT MAKE US JOSEPH FANS.

NARRATORBUT WHERE THEY HAVE REALLY MISSED THE BOAT IS

BROTHERSWERE GREAT GUYS BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE

NARRATORJOSEPHS CHARM AND WINNING SMILES

FAIL TO SLAY US IN THE AISLES.

AND THEIR FATHER COULDNT SEE THE DANGER

HE COULD NOT IMAGINE ANY DANGER.

HE JUST SAW IN JOSEPH ALL HIS DREAMS COME TRUE.

JACOB WANTED TO SHOW THE WORLD HE LOVED HIS SON

TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT JOSEPH WAS THE SPECIAL ONE.

SO JACOB BOUGHT HIS SON A COAT,

A MULTI-COLORED COAT TO WEAR.

BROTHERSJOSEPHS COAT WAS ELEGANT

WOMENBA BA BA BA BA

BROTHERSTHE CUT WAS FINE

WOMENBA BA

BROTHERSTHE TASTEFUL STYLE WAS THE

WOMENBA BA BA BA BA

BROTHERSULTIMATE IN GOOD DESIGN

WOMENBA BA

BROTHERSAND THIS IS WHY

WOMENOO-EE-OO

BROTHERSIT CAUGHT THE EYE

WOMENOO-EE-OO-OO

BROTHERSA KING WOULD STOP AND STARE

NARRATOR WOMENSUCH A DAZZLING COAT OF MANY COLORS

NARRATORHOW HE LOVED HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS

WOMENAH

NARRATORIN A CLASS ABOVE THE REST

WOMENAH

NARRATORIT EVEN WENT WELL WITH HIS VEST.

WOMENAH

NARRATORSUCH A STUNNING

WOMENAH

NARRATORCOAT OF MANY COLORS.

WOMENAH

NARRATORHOW HE LOVED HIS

WOMENAH

NARRATORCOAT OF MANY COLORS.

WOMENAH

NARRATORIT WAS RED

WOMENRED

NARRATORAND YELLOW

WOMENYELLOW

NARRATORAND GREEN

WOMENGREEN

NARRATORAND BROWN

WOMENBROWN

NARRATORAND BLUE

WOMENBLUE

NARRATORJOSEPHS BROTHERS WERENT

WOMENBA BA BA

NARRATORTOO PLEASED WITH WHAT THEY SAW

WOMENBA BA BA BA

BROTHERSWE HAVE NEVER

WOMENBA BA BA

BROTHERSLIKED HIM ALL THAT MUCH BEFORE

WOMENBA BA BA BA

BROTHERSAND NOW THIS COAT HAS GOT OUR GOAT.

WE FEEL LIFE IS UNFAIR

NARRATOR WOMENAND WHEN JOSEPH GRACED THE SCENE

HIS BROTHERS TURNED A SHADE OF GREEN.

HIS ASTOUNDING CLOTHING TOOK THE BISCUIT.

BROTHERSQUITE THE SMOOTHEST PERSON IN THE DISTRICT

JOSEPHI LOOK HANDSOME. I LOOK SMART.

I AM A WALKING WORK OF ART.

SUCH A DAZZLING

COAT OF MANY COLORS,

HOW I LOVE MY

COAT OF MANY COLORS

NARRATORIT WAS RED AND YELLOW AND

GREEN AND BROWN AND

SCARLET AND BLACK AND

OCHER AND PEACH AND

RUBY AND OLIVE AND

VIOLET AND FAWN AND

LILAC AND GOLD AND

CHOCOLATE AND MAUVE

AND CREAM AND CRIMSON AND

SILVER AND ROSE AND

AZURE AND LEMON AND

RUSSET AND GREY

AND PURPLE AND WHITE AND

PINK AND ORANGE AND

NARRATOR JOSEPH BROTHERS WOMENIT WAS RED AND YELLOW AND

GREEN AND BROWN AND

SCARLET AND BLACK AND

OCHER AND PEACH AND

RUBY AND OLIVE AND

VIOLET AND FAWN AND

LILAC AND GOLD AND

CHOCOLATE AND MAUVE

AND CREAM AND CRIMSON AND

SILVER AND ROSE AND

AZURE AND LEMON AND

RUSSET AND GREY

AND PURPLE AND WHITE AND

PINK AND ORANGE AND

BLUE!

JOSEPHS DREAMS

NARRATORJOSEPHS COAT ANNOYED HIS BROTHERS

BROTHERSBUT WHAT MAKES US MAD

ARE THE DREAMS THAT JOSEPH TELLS US

OF THE DREAMS HES OFTEN HAD.

JOSEPHI DREAMED THAT IN THE FIELDS ONE DAY THE CORN GAVE ME A SIGN:

YOUR ELEVEN SHEAVES OF CORN ALL TURNED AND BOWED TO MINE.

MY SHEAF WAS QUITE A SIGHT TO SEE, A GOLDEN SHEAF AND TALL.

YOURS WERE GREEN AND SECOND RATE AND REALLY RATHER SMALL

BROTHERSTHIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING WE BROTHERS LIKE TO HEAR.

IT SEEMS TO US THAT JOSEPH AND HIS DREAMS SHOULD DISAPPEAR

JOSEPHI DREAMED I SAW ELEVEN STARS, THE SUN AND MOON AND SKY

BOWING DOWN BEFORE MY STAR. IT MADE ME WONDER WHY.

COULD IT BE THAT I WAS BORN FOR HIGHER THINGS THAN YOU?

A POST IN SOMEONES GOVERNMENT, A MINISTRY OF TWO?

BROTHERSTHE DREAMS OF OUR DEAR BROTHER ARE THE DECADES BIGGEST YAWN.

HIS TALK OF STARS AND GOLDEN SHEAVES IS JUST A LOAD OF CORN.

NOT ONLY IS HE TACTLESS BUT HES ALSO RATHER DIM.

FOR THERES ELEVEN OF US AND THERES ONLY ONE OF HIM.

THE DREAMS, OF COURSE, WILL NOT COME TRUE.

THAT IS, WE THINK THEY WONT COME TRUE.

THAT IS, WE HOPE THEY WONT COME TRUE.

WHAT IF HES RIGHT ALL ALONG?!

THE DREAMS ARE MORE THAN CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE WRITING ON THE WALL

MEANS THAT JOSEPH SOMEDAY SOON WILL RISE ABOVE US ALL.

THE ACCURACY OF THE DREAMS WE BROTHERS DO NOT KNOW,

BUT ONE THING WE ARE SURE ABOUT: THE DREAMER HAS TO GO!

POOR POOR JOSEPH

NARRATORNEXT DAY FAR FROM HOME

THE BROTHERS PLANNED THEIR REPULSIVE CRIME

BROTHERSLET US GRAB HIM NOW

DO HIM IN WHILE WEVE GOT THE TIME.

NARRATORTHIS THEY DID AND MADE THE MOST OF IT.

TORE HIS COAT AND FLUNG HIM IN A PIT.

BROTHERSLET US LEAVE HIM HERE

ALL ALONE AND HES BOUND TO DIE

NARRATORWHEN SOME ISHAMAELITES

A HAIRY CREW CAME RIDING BY.

IN A FLASH THE BROTHERS CHANGED THEIR PLAN

BROTHERSWE NEED CASH

LETS SELL HIM

IF WE CAN

NARRATOR WOMENPOOR, POOR JOSEPH, WHATCHA GONNA DO?

THINGS LOOK BAD FOR YOU, HEY, WHATCHA GONNA DO?

POOR, POOR JOSEPH, WHATCHA GONNA DO?

THINGS LOOK BAD FOR YOU, HEY, WHATCHA GONNA DO?

BROTHERSCOULD YOU USE A SLAVE, YOU HAIRY BUNCH OF ISHMALAELITES?

YOUNG, STRONG, WELL-BEHAVED, GOING CHEAP AND HE READS AND WRITES!

NARRATORIN A TRICE THE DIRTY DEAL WAS DONE.

SILVER COINS FOR JACOBS FAVORITE SON.

THEN THE ISHMALAELITES GALLOPED OFF WITH A SLAVE IN TOW

OFF TO EGYPT WHERE JOSEPH WAS NOT TOO KEEN TO GO.

IT WOULDNT BE A PICNIC HE COULD TELL,

JOSEPHAND I DONT SPEAK EGYPTIAN VERY WELL.

NARRATORJOSEPHS BROTHER TORE HIS PRECIOUS MULTI-COLORED COAT.

HAVING RIPPED IT UP THEY NEXT ATTACKED A PASSING

BROTHERSGOAT!

NARRATORSOON THE WRETCHED CREATURE WAS NO MORE.

THEY DIPPED HIS COAT IN BLOOD AND GUTS AND GORE.

NARRATOR WOMENOH, NOW BROTHERS, HOW LOW CAN YOU STOOP?

YOU MAKE A SORDID GROUP, HEY, HOW LOW CAN YOU STOOP?

POOR, POOR JOSEPH, SOLD TO BE A SLAVE.

SITUATIONS GRAVE, HEY, SOLD TO BE A SLAVE.

ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN/HOEDOWN

JUDAHWHISTLES INTRO

BROTHERSFATHERS WEVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, A STORY OF OUR TIME

GADA TRAGIC BUT INSPIRING TALE OF MANHOOD IN ITS PRIME

BROTHERSYOU KNOW YOU HAD ELEVEN SONS. WELL, NOW, THATS NOT QUITE TRUE

GADBUT FEEL NO SORROW, DO NOT GRIEVE, HE WOULD NOT WANT YOU TO. You see

BROTHERSTHERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.

JOSEPH, WELL NEVER FORGET YOU. ITS TOUGH BUT WERE GONNA GET BY.

GADTHERES ONE LESS PLACE AT OUR TABLE

BROTHERS AH

GADTHERES ONE MORE TEAR IN MY EYE,

BROTHERS AH

GADBUT JOSEPH, THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR, like truth and light, never die

GADWhen I think of his last, great battle

BROTHERS OOH OOH

GADa lump comes to my throat

BROTHERS WOO WOO OOH

GADIt takes a man who knows not fear

BROTHERS GOL-DARN IT! GOL-DARN IT!

GADto wrestle with a goat.

BROTHERS YIPPY EYE-AYE!

HIS BLOOD-STAINED COAT IS TRIBUTE TO HIS FINAL SACRIFICE.

GADHIS BODY MAYBE PAST ITS PEAK, BUT HIS SOULS IN PARADISE.

So long, little Joe.

Adios, buckaroo.

I wish I could quit you!

ANGELAH, AH, AH, AH

JACOBTheres one less place at my table.

Theres one more tear in my eye.

BROTHERSBUT JOSEPH, THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR, LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT, NEVER DIE.

CARVE HIS NAME WITH PRIDE AND COURAGE

BENJAMINLET NO TEAR BE SHED

BROTHERSIF HE HAD NOT LAID DOWN HIS LIFE WE ALL WOULD NOW BE DAY-ED.(JACOB exits.)

ALLTHERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.JOSEPH THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT NEVER DIE.THERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.JOSEPH THE THINGS THAT YOU STOOD FOR, LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT NEVER

GADTHERES ONE MORE ANGEL IN HEAVEN. THERES ONE MORE STAR IN THE SKY.FATHER, THE THINGS THAT HE STOOD FOR, LIKE TRUTH AND LIGHT NEVERJacob reenters

ALLDIE!Jacob exits

JOURNEY TO EGYPT

NARRATORJOSEPH WAS TAKEN TO EGYPT IN CHAINS AND SOLD.

WHERE HE WAS BOUGHT BY A CAPTAIN NAMED POTIPHAR

POTIPHAR

NARRATOR THREE MENPOTIPHAR HAD VERY FEW CARES.

HE WAS ONE OF EGYPTS MILLIONAIRES.

HAVING MADE A FORTUNE BUYING SHARES IN

POTIPHARPYRAMIDS

NARRATOR THREE MENPOTIPHAR HAD MADE A HUGE PILE,

OWNED A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE NILE

POTIPHARMEANT THAT I COULD REALLY LIVE IN STYLE

NARRATOR THREE MENAND HE DID.

POTIPHARI did

NARRATORJOSEPH 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 AVERAGE,

MADE HIM LEADER OF THE HOUSEHOLD MAXIMUM PROMOTION

NARRATOR THREE MENPOTIPHAR WAS COOL AND SO FINE

POTIPHARBUT MY WIFE WOULD NEVER TOW THE LINE

NARRATOR THREE MENITS ALL THERE IN CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE OF GENESIS.

POTIPHARDont believe all that you read, dears.

NARRATOR THREE MENSHE WAS BEAUTIFUL BUT

MRS. POTIPHAR WOMENEVIL

NARRATOR THREE MENSAW A LOT OF MEN AGAINST HIS WILL.

HE WOULD HAVE TO TELL HER THAT SHE STILL WAS HIS

POTIPHARYoure mine.

NARRATORJOSEPHS LOOKS AND HANDSOME FIGURE HAD ATTRACTED HER ATTENTION.

EVERY MORNING SHE WOULD BECKON

MRS. POTIPHARCOME AND LIE WITH ME LOVE

NARRATORJOSEPH WANTED TO RESIST HER TIL ONE DAY SHE PROVED TOO EAGER.

JOSEPH CRIED IN VAIN

JOSEPHPLEASE, STOP! I DONT BELIEVE IN FREE LOVE!

MRS. POTIPHARPity

NARRATORPOTIPHAR WAS COUNTING SHECKLES IN HIS DEN BELOW THE BEDROOOM

WHEN HE HEARD A MIGHTY RUMPUS CLATTERING ABOVE HIM.

SUDDENLY HE KNEW HIS RICHES COULDNT BUY HIM WHAT HE WANTED.

GOLD WOULD NEVER MAKE HIM HAPPY IF SHE DIDNT LOVE HIM

NARRATORLETTING OUT A MIGHTY ROAR

POTIPHARROOOOAAAR!

ENSEMBLEAH AH

NARRATORPOTIPHAR BURST THROUGH THE DOOR

ENSEMBLEAH AH

POTIPHARJOSEPH, ILL SEE YOU ROT IN JAIL.

THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE ARE BEYOND THE PALE

NARRATOR WOMENPOOR, POOR JOSEPH LOCKED UP IN A CELL

THINGS AINT GOING WELL, HEY, LOCKED UP IN A CELL

POOR, POOR JOSEPH LOCKED UP IN A CELL

THINGS AINT GOING WELL, HEY, LOCKED UP IN A CELL

CLOSE EVERY DOOR

JOSEPHCLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. HIDE ALL THE WORLD FROM ME.

BAR ALL THE WINDOWS AND SHUT OUT THE LIGHT.

DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH ME, HATE ME AND LAUGH AT ME.

DARKEN MY DAYTIMES AND TORTURE MY NIGHT

IF MY LIFE WERE IMPORTANT I WOULD ASK, WILL I LIVE OR DIE?

BUT I KNOW THE ANSWERS LIE FAR FROM THIS WORLD

CLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. KEEP THOSE I LOVE FROM ME.

CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE NEVER ALONE.

FOR I KNOW I SHALL FIND MY OWN PEACE OF MIND

FOR I HAVE BEEN PROMISED A LAND OF MY OWN

CHILDRENCLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. HIDE ALL THE WORLD FROM ME.

BAR ALL THE WINDOW AND SHUT OUT THE LIGHT.

LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA (etc.)

JOSEPHJUST GIVE ME A NUMBER INSTEAD OF MY NAME.

FORGET ALL ABOUT ME AND LET ME DECAY

I DO NOT MATTER. IM ONLY ONE PERSON.

DESTROY ME COMPLETELY THEN THROW ME AWAY

IF MY LIFE WERE IMPORTANT I WOULD ASK, WILL I LIVE OR DIE?

BUT I KNOW THE ANSWERS LIE FAR FROM THIS WORLD

ALLCLOSE EVRY DOOR TO ME. KEEP THOSE I LOVE FROM ME.

CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE NEVER ALONE.

FOR WE KNOW WE SHALL FIND OUR OWN PEACE OF MIND

JOSEPHFOR WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED

ALLA LAND OF OUR OWN

GO, GO, GO JOSEPH

NARRATORJOSEPHS LUCK WAS REALLY OUT.

HIS SPIRITS AND HIS FORTUNE LOW.

ALONE HE SAT, ALONE HE THOUGHT

OF HAPPY TIMES HE USED TO KNOW

BRIANHEY, DREAMER! DONT BE SO UPSET.

JOEYHEY, JOSEPH! YOURE NOT BEATEN YET

NARRATOR BRIAN JOEYGO, GO, GO JOSEPH YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.

HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOMEDAY

DONT GIVE UP, JOSEPH, FIGHT TIL YOU DROP.

WEVE READ THE BOOK AND YOU COME OUT ON TOP

NARRATORTHE PRISON WALLS WERE WET AND BLACK,

HIS CHAINS WERE HEAVY WEIGHED HIM DOWN.

A CANDLE WAS HIS ONLY LIGHT,

THE HUNGRY RATS THE ONLY SOUND

BRIANHEY, DREAMER! DONT BE SO UPSET.

JOEYHEY, JOSEPH! YOURE NOT BEATEN YET

NARRATOR GO, GO, GO JOSEPH YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.

HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOMEDAY

DONT GIVE UP, JOSEPH, FIGHT TIL YOU DROP.

WEVE READ THE BOOK AND YOU COME OUT ON TOP

NOW, INTO JOSEPHS PRISON CELL WERE FLUNG TWO VERY FRIGHTENED MEN.

BAKER BUTLERWE DONT THINK THAT WE WILL EVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AGAIN.

HEY, JOSEPH, HELP US IF YOU CAN.

WEVE HAD DREAMS THAT WE DONT UNDERSTAND.

ALLBOTH MEN WERE SERVANTS TO PHARAOH THE KING.

BOTH IN THE DOG HOUSE FOR DOING THEIR THING

NARRATORONE WAS A BAKER, A COOK IN HIS PRIME

ONE WAS A BUTLER, THE JEEVES OF HIS TIME

JOSEPHTELL ME OF YOUR DREAMS MY FRIENDS AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT THEY SHOW.

THOUGH I CANNOT GUARANTEE TO GET IT RIGHT, ILL HAVE A GO

NARRATORFIRST THE BUTLER TREMBLING TOOK THE FLOOR.

NERVOUSLY HE SPOKE OF WHAT HE SAW

BUTLERTHERE I WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE VINE.

I PICKED SOME GRAPES AND I CRUSHED THEM TO WINE.

I GAVE THEM TO PHARAOH WHO DRANK FROM MY CUP.

I TRIED TO INTERPRET BUT I HAD TO GIVE UP

JOSEPHYOU WILL SOON BE FREE, MY FRIEND, SO DO NOT WORRY ANY MORE.

THE KING WILL LET YOU OUT OF HERE. YOULL BUTTLE AS YOU DID BEFORE

NARRATORNEXT THE BAKER ROSE TO TELL HIS DREAM

HOPING IT WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR THEME

BAKERTHERE I WAS STANDING WITH BASKETS OF BREAD.

HIGH IN THE SKY I SAW BIRDS OVERHEAD

WHO FLEW TO THE BASKETS AND ATE EVRY SLICE.

GIVE ME THE MESSAGE. LIKE HIS WOULD BE NICE

JOSEPHSAD TO SAY, YOUR DREAM IS NOT THE KIND OF DREAM ID LIKE TO GET.

THE PHARAOH HAS IT IN FOR YOU. YOUR EXECUTION DATE IS SET.

DONT RELY ON ALL I SAY I SAW.

ITS JUST THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN WRONG BEFORE

ALLGO, GO, GO JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.

HANG ON NOW, JOSEPH, YOULL MAKE IT SOME DAY.

SHA-LA-LA JOSEPH, YOURE DOIN FINE.

YOU AND YOUR DREAMCOAT AHEAD OF YOUR TIME

GO, GO, GO JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.




GO, GO, GO, GO

GO, GO, GO JOSEPH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.




NARRATORAHEAD OF YOUR TIME

JOSEPHAHEAD OF MY TIME



ENSEMBLEAHEAD OF YOUR TIME





ENSEMBLEAHEAD OF YOUR TIME




ALLAHEAD OF YOUR.TIME!

A PHARAOHS STORY

NARRATORPHARAOH HE WAS A POWERFUL MAN

WITH THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.

TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES HE

WAS EGYPT WITH A CAPITAL E.

WHATEVER HE DID HE WAS SHOWERED WITH PRAISE.

IF HE CRACKED A JOKE THEN YOU CHORTLED FOR DAYS.

NO ONE HAD RIGHTS OR A VOTE BUT THE KING.

IN FACT, YOU MIGHT SAY HE WAS FAIRLY RIGHT-WING

WHEN PHARAOHS AROUND

THEN YOU GET DOWN ON THE GROUND.

IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF NEAR RAMESES,

GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES

CHILDRENA PHARAOHS STORY

A PHARAOHS STORY

A PHARAOHS STORY

A PHARAOHS STORY

NARRATORDOWN AT THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE,

JOSEPH IS STILL DOING TIME IN JAIL.

FOR EVEN THOUGH HE IS IN WITH THE GUARDS,

A LIFETIME IN PRISON SEEMS QUITE IN THE CARDS

BUT IF MY ANALYSIS OF THE POSTION IS RIGHT,

AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THERES A

NARRATOR WOMENGLIMMER OF LIGHT

NARRATORFOR ALL OF A SUDDEN INDESCRIBABLE THINGS

HAVE SHATTERED THE SLEEP OF BOTH PEASANTS AND KINGS.

STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, THERES BEEN A RUN OF CRAZY DREAMS,

AND A MAN WHO CAN INTERPRET COULD GO FAR,

COULD BECOME A STAR

WOMEN CHILDRENCOULD BE FAMOUS, COULD BE A BIG SUCCESS

COULD BE FAMOUS, COULD BE A BIG SUCCESS

NARRATORSTRANGE AS IT SEEMS

WOMENSTRANGE AS IT SEEMS

NARRATORTHERES BEEN A RUN OF CRAZY DREAMS

WOMENOF CRAZY DREAMS

NARRATORAND A MAN WHO CAN INTERPRET

WOMENAH

NARRATORCOULD GO FAR

WOMENWOW!

NARRRATORCOULD BECOME A STAR

CHILDRENCOULD BE FAMOUS

WOMENAH

CHILDRENCOULD BE FAMOUS

WOMENAH

CHILDRENCOULD BE A SUCCESS

WOMENAH

NARRATOR WOMEN CHILDRENCOULD BE A STAR!

POOR POOR PHARAOH

NARRATORGUESS WHAT? IN HIS BED,

PHARAOH HAD AN UNEASY NIGHT.

HE HAD HAD A DREAM

THAT PINNED HIM TO HIS SHEETS WITH FRIGHT.

NO ONE KNEW THE MEANING OF THE DREAM.

WHAT TO DO? WHATEVER COULD IT MEAN?

THEN HIS BUTLER SAID

BUTLERI KNOW OF A BLOKE IN JAIL

WHO IS HOT ON DREAMS

COULD EXPLAIN OLD PHARAOHS TALE

NARRATORPHARAOH SAID, WELL, FETCH THIS JOSEPH MAN.

I NEED HIM TO HELP ME IF HE CAN.

WOMENPOOR, POOR PHARAOH

WHATCHA GONNA DO?

DREAMS ARE HAUNTING YOU, HEY,

WHATCHA GONNA DO?

NARRATORCHAINED AND BOUND, AFRAID, ALONE,

ENSEMBLEAH, AH

NARRATORJOSEPH STOOD BEFORE THE THRONE

ENSEMBLEAH, AH

JOSEPHMY SERVICE TO PHARAOH HAS BEGUN

TELL ME YOUR PROBLEMS, MIGHTY ONE

SONG OF THE KING

PHARAOHWelcome to Egypt

WELL

WHEN SEVEN FAT COWS CAME OUT OF THE NILE, A-HA-HA

ENSEMBLEBAP SHU WA DU WA BAP BAP SHU WA DU WA

PHAROAHBUT IT DIDNT MAKE THEM FATTER

LIKE I THOUGHT A MONSTER SUPPER SHOULD


PHARAOHTHE THIN COWS WERE AS THIN

AS THEY HAD EVER, EVER, EVER BEEN

ENSEMBLEOOH

BASSESOOM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUM

PHARAOHTHIS DREAM HAS GOT ME BAFFLED

HEY, JOSEPH, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

NOW, YOU KNOW THAT KINGS AINT

ENSEMBLEOOH

PHARAOHSTUPID,

ENSEMBLESTUPID!

PHARAOHBUT I DONT HAVE A CLUE

ENSEMBLEOOH, STUPID!

PHARAOHSO DONT YOU BE CRUEL, JOSEPH

ENSEMBLEOHH, JOSEPH!

PHARAOHHELP ME NOW IM BEGGIN OF YOU!

ENSEMBLEAH

PHARAOHI WAS STANDING DOING NOTHING IN A FIELD OUT OF TOWN

WHEN I SAW SEVEN BEAUTIFUL EARS OF CORN, A-HA-HA


PHARAOHTHEY WERE RIPE AND THEY WERE GOLDEN AND YOU GUESSED IT

RIGHT BEHIND THEM THERE WERE SEVEN OTHER EARS

THAT WERE TATTERED AND TORN, A-HA-HA


PHARAOHBUT, JOSEPH, HERES THE PUNCH LINE.

ITS REALLY GONNA BLOW YOUR MIND. Flip your lid!

PHARAOHTHE BAD CORN WAS AS BAD AS IT HAD EVER

EVER, EVER, BEEN

ENSEMBLEOOH

BASSESOOM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUM-BA DUM

PHARAOHTHIS DREAM HAS GOT ME ALL SHOOK UP,

TREAT ME NICE AND TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS.

HEY, HEY, HEY,

PHARAOHJOSEPH

ENSEMBLEBA BA BA

WONT YOU TELL POOR OLD PHARAOH

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

OH, YEAH!

ENSEMBLEOH, YEAH!

PHARAOHS DREAM EXPLAINED

JOSEPHSEVEN YEARS OF BUMPER CROPS ARE ON THEIR WAY

ENSEMBLEOOH!

JOSEPHYEARS OF PLENTY, ENDLESS WHEAT AND TONS OF HAY.

ENSEMBLEAAH!

JOSEPHYOUR FARMS WILL BOOM.

THERE WONT BE ROOM

TO STORE THE SURPLUS FOOD YOU GROW.

AFTER THAT THE FUTURE DOESNT LOOK SO BRIGHT.

EGYPTS LUCK WILL CHANGE COMPLETELY OVER NIGHT.

AND FAMINES HAND

WILL STALK THE LAND

WITH FOOD AN ALL-TIME LOW

NOBLE KING THERE IS NO DOUBT

WHAT YOUR DREAM IS ALL ABOUT

ALL THESE THINGS YOU SAW IN YOUR PAJAMAS

ARE A LONG-RANGE FORECAST FOR YOUR FARMERS

AND IM SURE ITS CROSSED YOUR MIND,

WOMEN AH

JOSEPHWHAT IT IS YOU HAVE TO FIND

WOMEN AH

JOSEPHFIND A MAN TO LEAD YOU THROUGH THE FAMINE

WOMEN AH

JOSEPHWITH A FLAIR FOR ECONOMIC PLANNIN

WOMEN AH

JOSEPHBUT WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT KNOW

JOSEPH ENSEMBLE CHILDRENWHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT (KNOW.)

WHO THIS MAN COULD BE I JUST DONT (KNOW.)




STONE THE CROWS

NARRATORPHARAOH SAID:

PHARAOHWELL, STONE THE CROWS, THIS JOSEPH IS A CLEVER KID.

WHOD HAVE THOUGHT THAT FOURTEEN COWS

COULD MEAN THE THINGS HE SAID THEY DID?

JOSEPH, YOU MUST HELP ME FURTHER; I HAVE FOUND A JOB FOR YOU.

YOU SHALL LEAD US THROUGH THIS CRISIS, YOU SHALL BE MY NUMBER TWO

NARARTORPHARAOH TOLD HIS GUARDS TO FETCH

A CHISEL FROM THE LOCAL STORE

WHEREUPON HE ORDERED THEM

TO CUT THE CHAINS THAT JOSEPH WORE.

JOSEPH GOT A ROYAL PARDON

AND A HOST OF SPLENDID THINGS:

A CHARIOT OF GOLD, A CLOAK,

A MEDAL AND SOME SIGNET RINGS

JOSEPH,

PHARAOHS NUMBER TWO.

JOSEPH,

EGYPT LOOKS TO YOU.

JOSEPH,

PHARAOHS NUMBER TWO.

JOSEPH,

EGYPT LOOKS TO YOU.

SEVEN SUMMERS ON THE TROT

WERE PERFECT JUST AS JOSEPH SAID.

JOSEPH SAW THAT FOOD WAS GATHERED,

READY FOR THE YEARS AHEAD.

SEVEN YEARS OF FAMINE FOLLOWED;

EGYPT DID NOT MIND A BIT.

THE FIRST RECORDED RATIONING

IN HISTRY WAS HIT.

WOMENJOSEPH, HOW CAN WE EVER SAY

ALL THAT WE WANT TO ABOUT YOU?

WERE SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME OUR WAY,

WE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT YOU

PHARAOHJOSEPH, WE ARE THE PERFECT TEAM.

OLD BUDDIES, THATS YOU AND ME.

I WAS WISE TO HAVE CHOSEN YOU.

YOULL BE WISE TO AGREE

WOMENJOSEPH, HOW CAN WE EVER SAY

ALL THAT WE WANT TO ABOUT YOU?

WERE SO GLAD THAT YOU CAME OUR WAY,

WE WOULD HAVE PERISHED WITHOUT YOU

PHARAOHWE WERE IN A JAM

WOULD HAVE BAFFLED ABRAHAM.

BUT NOW WERE A PARTNERSHIP ITS JUST A PIECE OF CAKE

WOMENGREATEST MAN SINCE NOAH.

ONLY GOES TO SHO-AH

JOSEPHANYONE FROM ANYWHERE CAN MAKE IT IF HE GETS A LUCKY BREAK!

THIS COULD BE A HAPPY ENDING

PERFECT PLACE TO STOP THE SHOW

JOSEPH AFTER ALL HAS GONE

ABOUT AS FAR AS HE CAN GO

BUT IM SURE THAT JACOB AND

HIS OTHER SONS HAVE CROSSED YOUR MIND

HOW HAD FAMINE HIT THE FAMILY

JOSEPH LEFT BEHIND?

THOSE CANAAN DAYS

BENJAMINDO YOU REMEMBER THE GOOD YEARS IN CANAAN?

THE SUMMERS WERE ENDLESSLY GOLD

ASHERMAIS OIS

BENJAMINTHE FIELDS WERE A PATCHWORK OF CLOVER

RUEBENALL OVER

BENJAMINTHE WINTERS WERE NEVER TOO COLD.

WED STROLL DOWN THE BOULEVARD TOGETHER.

NO HINT OF THIS TRAGIC DECLINE.

NOW THE FIELDS ARE DEAD AND BARE.

NO JOIE DE VIVRE ANYWHERE.

ET MAINTENANT, WE DRINK A BITTER WINE

BROTHERSTHOSE CANAAN DAYS WE USED TO KNOW.

WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE DID THEY GO?

EH BIEN, RAISE YOUR BERETS

TO THOSE CANAAN DAYS

BENJAMINDO YOU REMEMBER THOSE WONDERFUL PARTIES?

THE SPLENDOR OF CANAANS CUISINE,

THOSE EXTRAVAGANT, ELEGANT SOIREES,

THE GAYEST THE BIBLE HAS SEEN.

ITS FUNNY, BUT SINCE WE LOST JOSEPH

JACOBJOSEPH

BENJAMINWEVE GONE TO THE OTHER EXTREME.

NO ONE COMES TO DINNER NOW.

WED ONLY EAT THEM ANYHOW.

I EVEN FIND IM MISSING JOSEPHS DREAMS


WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE DID THEY GO?



BENJAMINITS FUNNY, BUT SINCE WE LOST JOSEPH

JACOBJOSEPH

BENJAMINWEVE GONE TO THE OTHER EXTREME.

PERHAPS WE ALL MISJUDGED THE LAD.

PERHAPS HE WASNT QUITE THAT BAD.

AND HOW WE MISS HIS ENTERTAINING DREAMS


WHERE HAVE THEY GONE? WHERE DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID (gasp) THEY GO?



THE BROTHERS IN EGYPT/GROVEL GROVEL

NARRATORSO BACK IN CANAAN THE FUTURE LOOKED ROUGH.

JOSEPHS FAMLY WAS FINDING IT TOUGH

BROTHERSFOR THE FAMINE HAS CAUGHT US UNPREPARED.

WE ARE THIN, WE ARE ILL, WE ARE GETTING SCARED.

ITS ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WEEP.

WE ARE DOWN TO OUR VERY LAST SHEEP

ISAACHARWE WILL STARVE IF WE HANG AROUND HERE,

DANAND IN EGYPT THERES FOOD GOING SPARE.

NAPTHALITHEYVE GOT CORN, THEYVE GOT MEAT, THEYVE GOT FOOD AND DRINKS

LEVIAND IF WE HAVE THE TIME WE COULD SEE THE SPHINX

NARRATORSO THEY FINLLY DECIDED TO GO

OFF TO EGYPT TO SEE BROTHER JOE.

SO THEY ALL LAY BEFORE JOSEPHS FEET

BROTHERSMIGHT PRINCE, GIVE US SOMETHING TO EAT

NARRATORJOSEPH FOUND IT A STRAIN NOT TO LAUGH BECAUSE

NOT A BROTHER AMONG THEM KNEW WHO HE WAS

JOSEPHI SHALL NOW TAKE THEM ALL FOR A RIDE.

AFTER ALL THEY HAVE TRIED FRATRICIDE.

I DREAMED THAT IN THE FIELDS ONE DAY THE CORN GAVE ME A SIGN.

YOUR ELEVEN SHEAVES OF CORN ALL TURNED AND BOWED TO MINE

JOSEPHI DREAMED I SAW ELEVEN STARS,

THE SUN AND MOON AND SKY

BOWING DOWN BEFORE MY STAR

AND NOW I REALIZE WHY.

HOW DO I KNOW WHERE YOU COME FROM? YOU COULD BE SPIES.

TELLING ME YOU ARE HUNGRY THAT COULD BE LIES.

HOW DO I KNOW WHO YOU ARE?

WHY DO YOU THINK I SHOULD HELP YOU? WOULD YOU HELP ME?

WHY ON EARTH SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU? IVE NO GUARANTEE

BROTHERSGROVEL, GROVEL, CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.

WORSHIP, WORSHIP, BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL

GROVEL, GROVEL, CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.


WE ARE JUST ELEVEN BROTHERS, GOOD MEN AND TRUE

THOUGH WE KNOW WE COUNT FOR NOTHING WHEN UP NEXT TO YOU.

HONESTYS OUR MIDDLE NAME.

LIFE IS SLOWLY EBBING FROM US, HOPES ALMOST GONE.

ITS GETTING VERY HARD TO SEE US FROM SIDEWAYS ON.





JOSEPHI RATHER LIKE THE WAY YOURE TALKING, ASTUTE AND SINCERE.

SUDDENLY YOUR TRAGIC STORY GETS ME RIGHT HERE.

BROTHERSTHIS IS WHAT WE HOPED YOUD SAY

JOSEPHALL THIS TUGGING AT MY HEARTSTRINGS

SEEMS QUITE JUSTIFIED

I SHALL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU CAME FOR

AND LOTS MORE BESIDE.

BROTHERSTHANK YOU, THANK YOU,

CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.


CRINGE BOW STOOP FALL.


BEG KNEEL SPONGE CRAWL.

NARRATORJOSEPH HANDED THEM SACKLOADS OF FOOD

AND THEY GROVELLED WITH BASE GRATITUDE

NARRATOR WOMENTHEN UNSEEN JOSEPH NIPPED OUT AROUND THE BACK

AND PLANTED A CUP IN YOUNG BENJAMINS SACK.

WHEN THE BROTHERS WERE READY TO GO

JOSEPH TURNED TO THEM ALL WITH A TERRIBLE STARE AND SAID

NARRATOR WOMEN JOSEPHNO! NO! NO! NO!DIRECT SEGUE

WHOS THE THIEF

JOSEPHSTOP

YOU ROBBERS, YOUR LITTLE NUMBERS UP!

ONE OF YOU HAS STOLEN MY PRECIOUS GOLDEN CUP

NARRATORJOSEPH STARTED SEARCHING THROUGH HIS BROTHERS SACKS.

EVERYONE WAS NERVOUS, NO ONE COULD RELAX

WOMENWHOS THE THIEF? WHOS THE THIEF? WHOS THE THIEF? WHOS THE THIEF?

NARRATORIS IT REUBEN NO!

IS IT SIMEON? NO!

IS IT NAPHTALI? NO!

IS IT DAN? NO!

IS IT ASHER? NO!

IS IT ISAACHAR? NO!

IS IT LEVI? NO!

NO, WHOS THE MAN?

IS IT ZEBULUN? NO!

IS IT GAD? NO!

IS IT JUDAH? NO IS IT HIM?

COULD IT BE

COULD IT BE, COULD IT POSSIBLY BE BENJAMIN?

YES, YES, YES

BENJAMIN, YOU NASTY YOUTH

YOUR CRIME HAS SHOCKED ME TO THE CORE

NEVER IN MY WHOLE CAREER

HAVE I ENCOUNTERED THIS BEFORE

GURADS, SEIZE HIM, LOCK HIM IN A CELL

THROW THE KEY INTO THE NILE AS WELL

EACH OF THE BROTHERS FELL TO HIS KNEES

SHOW HIM SOME MERCY, OH, MIGHTY ONE PLEASE

HE WOULD NOT DO THIS,

HE MUST HAVE BEEN FRAMED

JAIL US AND BEAT US

WE SHOULD BE BLAMED

BENJAMIN CALYPSO

BROTHERS (NO BENJAMIN)OH NO, NOT HE.

HOW YOU CAN ACCUSE HIM IS A MYSTERY.

SAVE HIM, TAKE ME.

BENJAMIN IS STRAIGHTER DAN DE TALL PALM TREE

JUDAHI HEAR DE STEEL DRUMS SING DEIR SONG.

DEYRE SINGING, MAN, YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT WRONG.

I HEAR DE VOICE OF DE YELLOW BIRD

SINGING IN DE TREE, DIS IS QUITE ABSURD!

BROTHERSOH YES, ITS TRUE.

BENJAMIN IS STRAIGHTER DAN DE BIG BAMBOO.

NO IFS, NO BUTS.

BENJAMIN IS HONEST AS COCONUTS

JUDAHSURE AS DE TIDE WASH DE GOLDEN SAND

BENJAMIN IS AN INNOCENT MAN.

SURE AS BANANAS NEED DE SUN

WE ARE DE CRIMINAL GUILTY ONES

BROTHERSOH NO

JUDAHLIMBO!

BROTHERSNOT HE.

HOW YOU CAN ACCUSE HIM IS A MYSTERY.

SAVE HIM, TAKE ME.

BENJAMIN IS STRAIGHTER DAN DE TALL PALM TREE.

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JOSEPH ALL THE TIME

NARRATORAND JOSEPH KNEW BY THIS HIS BROTHERS NOW WERE HONEST MEN.

THE TIME HAD COME, AT LAST, TO REUNITE THEM ALL AGAIN

JOSEPHCANT YOU RECOGNIZE MY FACE?

IS IT HARD TO SEE?

THAT JOSEPH WHO YOU THOUGHT WAS DEAD,

YOUR BROTHER, IS ME!

NARRATOR BROTHERS WOMENJOSEPH, JOSEPH, IS IT REALLY TRUE?

JOSEPH, JOSEPH, IS IT REALLY YOU?

JOSEPH, JOSEPH

JACOB IN EGYPT

ENSEMBLE CHILDRENSO JACOB CAME TO EGYPT, NO LONGER FEELING OLD.

AND JOSEPH WENT TO MEET HIM IN HIS CHARIOT OF GOLD.

OF GOLD

OF GOLD

OF GOLD

ANY DREAM WILL DO (FINALE)

JOSEPHI CLOSED MY EYES, DREW BACK THE CURTAIN

TO SEE FOR CERTAIN WHAT I THOUGHT I KNEW.

FAR, FAR AWAY, SOMEONE WAS WEEPING,

BUT THE WORLD WAS SLEEPING.

ANY DREAM WILL DO

JOSEPH CHILDRENI WORE MY COAT, WITH GOLDEN LINING

BRIGHT COLOURS SHINING, WONDERFUL AND NEW

AND IN THE EAST, THE DAWN WAS BREAKING

AND THE WORLD WAS WAKING

ANY DREAM WILL DO

JOSEPHA CRASH OF DRUMS

NARRATORA FLASH OF LIGHT

JOSEPHMY GOLDEN COAT FLEW OUT OF SIGHT

JOSEPH NARRATORTHE COLOURS FADED INTO DARKNESS

I WAS LEFT ALONE

JOSEPH NARRATOR CHILDRENMAY I RETURN TO THE BEGINNING

THE LIGHT IS DIMMING, AND THE DREAM IS TOO

THE WORLD AND I, WE ARE STILL WAITING

STILL HESITATING, ANY DREAM WILL DO

GIVE ME MY COLOURED COAT,

MY AMAZING COLOURED COAT

GIVE ME MY COLOURED COAT

MY AMAZING COLOURED COAT!

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