“Grovel, Grovel” performed by Donny Osmond as Joseph, and Maria Friedman as the Narrator . 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
I dreamed that in the fields one day
The corn gave me sign
Your eleven sheaves of corn
All turned and bowed to mine
I dreamed I saw eleven stars
The sun, the moon and sky
Bowing down before my star
And now I realise why
How do I know where you came from?
You could be spies
Telling me that 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? (Yes!)
Why on earth should I believe you?
I've no guarantee!
Grovel, grovel
Cringe, bow, stoop, fall
Worship, worship
Beg, kneel, sponge, crawl
Grovel, grovel (grovel, grovel)
Cringe, bow, stoop, fall (grovel, grovel)
Worship, worship (grovel, grovel)
Beg, kneel, sponge, crawl (grovel, grovel)
We are just eleven brothers
Good men and true
Though we know we count for nothing
When up next to you
Honesty's our middle name
Life is slowly ebbing from us
Hope's almost gone
It's getting very hard to see us
From sideways on
Grovel, grovel (grovel, grovel)
Cringe, bow, stoop, fall (grovel, grovel)
Worship, worship (grovel, grovel)
Beg, kneel, sponge, crawl (grovel, grovel)
I rather like the way you're talking
Astute and sincere
Suddenly your tragic story
It gets me right here
This is what we hoped he'd say
All this tugging at my heartstrings
Seems quite justified
I shall give you what you came for
And lots more beside
Grovel, grovel (thank you, thank you)
Grovel, grovel (cringe, bow, stoop, fall)
Grovel, grovel (worship, worship)
Grovel, grovel (beg, kneel, sponge, crawl)
Thank you, thank you (grovel, grovel)
Cringe, bow, stoop, fall (grovel, grovel)
Worship, worship (grovel, grovel)
Beg, kneel, sponge (grovel)
Crawl…
Joseph handed them sack-loads of food
And they grovelled with base gratitude
Then, unseen, Joseph nipped (yum, yum, yum)
Out around the back (yum, yum, yum, yum)
And planted a cup in (yum, yum, yum, yum)
Young Benjamin's sack (yum, yum, yum)
When the brothers were ready to go
Joseph turned to them all
With a terrible stare and said
No!
No!
No! No! No!
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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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