A Piece of Eight Songtext

von Stephen Schwartz

And Noah and his family worked
From sun to sun to sun
Til the day before the prow he stood
And said, "With this peg of gopher wood
Your Ark, Oh Lord, is done."
With one final peg of gopher wood,
The Ark at last
Was done!

And Noah called to his servent girl
Yohnna was her name
He had always treated her kindly
Though she bore the mark of shame

As a daughter of the tainted race
She bore the mark of Cain

And she came and bowed
The servent girl, with the mark upon her head
And she asked, "What do you wish my lord?"
And this is what he said

He said, "Yohnna lay the table.
For tonight we celebrate
And tonight instead of seven places
Tonight there will be eight!"

Tonight instead of seven places
Tonight there would be eight

This is the night
The youngest son,
Japheth was his name
Would bring to dinner his wife to be
And his choice proclaim
And the empty chair was laid for her
For the girl to be his wife
Who would journey with him on the arc
To a post-diluvian life

He said, "Yohnna lay the table.
Don't forget the extra plate
For tonight instead of seven people
The family will be eight"

Tonight instead of seven people
The family would be eight

First came Noah and his Wife
In a bright and merry mood
Eager to meet their daughter-in-law
And share their home and Food
An effort to their prood

Next came the brothers two
Hem and Shem
And the daughters of the race of Seth
They chose to marry them
And their beautiful wives from the Race of Seth
They brought along with them

Oh Father, For all we have received
We thank you
Once more we gather in the dying light

Oh Father, for all I have received

Once more we pray you Father bless us tonight

I thank you

And the couses came
And the minutes passed
And the girl did not appear

Till Noah turned to Japheth and he said
"My son I fear-"
But Japheth laughed and laughed some more,
And told them all,
"She's here"

Well, by now you've guessed
What happens next
For it's quite a familer fable

He went to Yohnna the servent girl
And led her to the table

He said, "Yohnna join the table.
Come and sit here at my side
For it's you I love best in all the word
And you shall be my bride

It's you I love best in all the world
And I want you for my bride

He brought Yohnna to the table
And he did not hesitate
Though his father said to wait
And his mother was in a state

And the brothers and wives got the shock of their lives
As they all of them dropped their forks and knifes
And they all could calculate
The Family was Eight
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven

Eight!!