Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Jacob And Sons

Jacob and Sons - Starring Maria Friedman as the Narrator.
From the film version of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.
Lyrics by Tim Rice and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

Jacob and Sons

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Way way back many centuries ago
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Not long after the Bible began
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Jacob lived in the land of Canaan
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A fine example of a family man.

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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Depended on farming to earn their keep.
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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Spen all of his days in the fields with sheep.

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Jacob was the founder of a whole new nation
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Thanks to the number of children he had
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He was also known as Israel, but most of the time
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His sons and his wives used to call him Dad.


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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Men of the soil, of the sheaf and crook
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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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A remarkable family in anyone's book.

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Reuben was the eldest of the children of Israel
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With Simeon and Levi the next in line
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Naphtali and Isaachar with Asher and Dan
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Zebulun and Gad took the total to nine

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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Benjamin and Judah, which leaves only one
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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Joseph - Jacob's favourite son
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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Jacob, Jacob and sons
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Jacob Jacob Jacob
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Jacob and
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Sons 


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