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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Spent 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 nex 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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Joseph's mother, she was quite my favourite wife
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I never really loved another all my life
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And Joseph was my joy because
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He reminded me of her
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Through young Joseph, Jacob lived his youth again
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Loved him, praised him, gave him all he could, but then
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It made the rest feel second best
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And even if they were -
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Being told we're also-rans
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Does not makes us Joseph fans
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But where they had really missed the boat is
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We're great guys but no-one seems to notice
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Joseph's charm and winning smile
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Failed to slay them in the aisle
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And his father couldn't see the danger
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He could not imagine any danger
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He just saw in Joseph all his dreams come true
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Jacob wanted to show the world he loved his son
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To make it clear that Joseph was the special one
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So Jacob bought his son a coat
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A multi-coloured coat to wear
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Joseph's coat was elegant,
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The cut was fine
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The tasteful style was the
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Ultimate in good design
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And this is why it caught the eye
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A king would stop and stare
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And when Joseph tried it on
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He knew his sheepskin days were gone
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Such a dazzling coat of many colours
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How he loved his coat of many coloures
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In a class above the rest
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It even went well with his vest
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Such a stunning coat of many colours
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How he loved his coat of many colours
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It was red and yellow and green and
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Brown and blue
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Joseph's brothers weren't
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Too pleased with what they saw
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We have never liked him
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All that much before
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And now this coat
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Has got our goat
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We feel life is unfair
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And when Joseph graced the scene
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His brothers turned a shade of green
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His astounding clothing took the biscuit
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Quite the smoothest person in the district
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I look handsome, I look smart
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I am walking work of art
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Such a dazzling coat of colours
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How I love my coat of many colours
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It was red and yellow and green and brown
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And scarlet and black and ochre and peach
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And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
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And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
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And cream and crimson and silver and rose
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And azure and lemon and russet and grey
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And purple and white and pink and orange
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And red and yellow and green and brown and
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Scarlet and black and ochre and peach
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And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
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And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
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And cream and crimson and silver and rose
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And azure and lemon and russet and grey
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And purple and white and pink and orange
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And blue
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Jacob & Sons/Joseph`s Coat
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| Linzi Hateley |
