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ACT I

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING Sander Jacobs AND PRESENT

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY Lin-Manuel Miranda

INSPIRED BY THE BOOK ALEXANDER BY

WITH Renée Elise Goldsberry Christopher Jackson Lin-Manuel Miranda Javier Muñoz Leslie Odom, Jr. Okieriete Onaodowan AND Carleigh Bettiol Andrew Chappelle Ariana DeBose Alysha Deslorieux Sydney James Harcourt Neil Haskell Thayne Jasperson Stephanie Klemons Morgan Marcell Emmy Raver-Lampman Austin Smith Seth Stewart Betsy Struxness Ephraim Sykes Voltaire Wade-Greene

SCENIC DESIGN COSTUME DESIGN LIGHTING DESIGN SOUND DESIGN David Korins Paul Tazewell Howell Binkley Nevin Steinberg AND WIG DESIGN MUSIC COORDINATOR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE Charles G. LaPointe Michael Keller Sam Rudy Media Relations Michael Aarons TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER MANAGER Hudson Theatrical Associates J. Philip Bassett Brig Berney CASTING GENERAL MANAGEMENT Telsey + Company Baseline Theatrical Bethany Knox, CSA Lin-Manuel Miranda Andy Jones

MUSIC DIRECTION AND BY Alex Lacamoire

CHOREOGRAPHY BY

DIRECTED BY

THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HAMILTON WAS PRESENTED IN IN FEBRUARY 2015 BY THE PUBLIC THEATER. OSKAR EUSTIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PATRICK WILLINGHAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACT I Disc 1 1. 2. , SIR 3. 4. 5. 6. FARMER REFUTED 7. YOU’LL BE BACK 8. RIGHT HAND MAN 9. A WINTER’S BALL 10. HELPLESS 11. SATISFIED 12. THE STORY OF TONIGHT (REPRISE) 13. WAIT FOR IT 14. STAY ALIVE 15. TEN COMMANDMENTS 16. MEET ME INSIDE 17. THAT WOULD BE ENOUGH 18. GUNS AND SHIPS 19. HISTORY HAS ITS EYES ON YOU 20. YORKTOWN (THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN) 21. WHAT COMES NEXT? 22. 23. NON-STOP Cast Orchestrations By...... ALEX LACAMOIRE Alexander Hamilton ...... LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Music Coordination...... MICHAEL KELLER AND MICHAEL AARONS Eliza Hamilton...... PHILLIPA SOO and Drum Programmer ...... RANDY COHEN Aaron Burr...... LESLIE ODOM, JR. Broadway Sound Effects by...... NEVIN STEINBERG Angelica Schuyler...... RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY Ableton Programmer...... George ...... CHRISTOPHER JACKSON Associate Synthesizer Programmer...... TAYLOR WILLIAMS Marquis de Lafayette/...... DAVEED DIGGS Assistant Synthesizer Programmer ...... JEREMY KING Mulligan/ ...... OKIERIETE ONAODOWAN Drum Samples and Additional Loop Editing ...... WILL WELLS /...... ANTHONY RAMOS / ...... JASMINE CEPHAS JONES Conductor/Keyboard 1...... ALEX LACAMOIRE King George...... JONATHAN GROFF Keyboard 2/Associate Music Director ...... KURT CROWLEY James Reynolds/Doctor...... SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT Concertmaster ...... JONATHAN DINKLAGE Samuel Seabury...... THAYNE JASPERSON Violin ...... ERIN BENIM MAYLAND ...... JON RUA Viola/Violin ...... MARIO GOTOH ...... EPHRAIM SYKES Cello...... ANJA WOOD Martha/Sentinel ...... ARIANA DeBOSE Drums...... ANDRES FORERO Dolly...... SASHA HUTCHINGS Percussion/Keyboard ...... BENNY REINER Bass/Keyboard...... RICHARD HAMMOND Ensemble Vocals /Banjo...... ROBIN MACATANGAY CARLEIGH BETTIOL, ANDREW CHAPPELLE, ARIANA DeBOSE, Additional Musicians For Recording: ALYSHA DESLORIEUX, SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT, NEIL HASKELL, Harp...... LAURA SHERMAN SASHA HUTCHINGS, THAYNE JASPERSON, STEPHANIE KLEMONS, Wood Table On “Aaron Burr, Sir”...... AHMIR “” THOMPSON MORGAN MARCELL, JAVIER MUÑOZ, EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN, JON RUA, AUSTIN SMITH, SETH STEWART, BETSY STRUXNESS, EPHRAIM SYKES, VOLTAIRE WADE-GREENE Mixed By...... TIM LATHAM at ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC and INVICTUS SOUND, LONG ISLAND, NY Produced by ALEX LACAMOIRE, , LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Recorded By...... DERIK LEE at AVATAR STUDIOS, NYC and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK TROTTER for and ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC Executive Produced by LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK Music Copying ...... EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATION/ TROTTER for THE ROOTS EMILY GRISHMAN, KATHARINE EDMONDS Associate Producers: CRAIG KALLMAN, RIGGS MORALES, SEAN PATRICK FLAHAVEN Keyboard And Electric Drum Rental ...... COHEN KEYBOARDS and THOMAS KAIL Percussion Rental...... ERIC POLAND A&R: PETE GANBARG AvantGrand provided by Yamaha A&R Administration: CRAIG ROSEN Questlove exclusively plays ModernCre8ve Table 001 April Writing Desk Production Manager: JILL DELL’ABATE Series Marketing For Atlantic Records: DIANE VADNAL Assistant Engineers: TYLER HARTMAN, RON ROBINSON and EBONIE SMITH Music Assistants: KHIYON HURSEY, MADELINE MYERS and JOSEPHINE BEARDEN Mastered by TOM COYNE at STERLING SOUND, NYC BURR for someone less ACT I Well, the word got around, they said, “This astute, kid is insane, man” he woulda been dead took up a collection just to send him to the or destitute 1. ALEXANDER mainland. without a cent of HAMILTON “Get your education, don’t forget from whence restitution, you came, and started workin’, AARON BURR the world is gonna know your name. What’s clerkin’ for his late How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore your name, man?” mother’s landlord, and a tradin’ sugar cane Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a ALEXANDER HAMILTON and rum and all the forgotten Alexander Hamilton. things he can’t afford spot in the Caribbean by providence, My name is Alexander Hamilton. scammin’ for every impoverished, in squalor, And there’s a million things I haven’t done, book he can get his COMPANY grow up to be a hero and a scholar? but just you wait, just you wait . . . hands on, Scammin’ ELIZA HAMILTON plannin’ for the JOHN LAURENS future see him now as The ten-dollar founding father without a When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden, he stands on Plannin’ father the bow of a ship Oooh… got a lot farther by working a lot harder, two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden, headed for a new by being a lot smarter, land, by being a self-starter, half-dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick, In New York you can by fourteen, they placed him in charge of a be a new man. trading charter. COMPANY COMPANY HAMILTON THOMAS JEFFERSON And Alex got better but his mother went quick. In New York you can Just you wait! And every day while slaves were being GEORGE be a new man— slaughtered and carted WASHINGTON In New York you can Just you wait! away across the waves, he struggled and kept Moved in with a be a new man— his guard up. cousin, the cousin Inside, he was longing for something to be committed suicide. COMPANY a part of, Left him with nothin’ In New York you can be a new man— the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow but ruined pride, or barter. WOMEN something new inside, In New York— JAMES MADISON a voice saying, Then a hurricane came, and devastation “You gotta fend for COMPANY MEN reigned, yourself.” “Alex, New York— our man saw his future drip, dripping down he started retreatin’ you gotta fend for the drain, and readin’ every yourself.” HAMILTON put a pencil to his temple, connected it to treatise on the shelf. Just you wait! his brain, BURR COMPANY and he wrote his first refrain, a testament There would have Alexander Hamilton, COMPANY to his pain. been nothin’ left Alexander Hamilton, to do We are waiting in the COMPANY So how’d you do it? How’d you graduate wings for you. Waiting in the wings There’s a million things I haven’t done, so fast? but just you wait! for you. BURR You could never back down, BURR It was my parents’ dying wish before they you never learned to You never learned to What’s your name, man? passed. take your time! take your time! COMPANY HAMILTON Oh, Alexander Oh, Alexander Alexander Hamilton! You’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan. Hamilton Hamilton God, I wish there was a war! Alexander Hamilton... Then we could prove that we’re worth more When America sings than anyone bargained for… for you America sings for you 2. AARON BURR, SIR will they know what Will they know what COMPANY BURR you overcame? you overcame? 1776. . Can I buy you a drink? Will they know you Will they know you rewrote the game? rewrote the game? HAMILTON HAMILTON The world will never The world will never Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir? That would be nice. be the same, oh. be the same, oh. BURR BURR BURR That depends. Who’s asking? While we’re talking, let me offer you some The ship is in the MEN free advice. harbor now, see if Just you wait HAMILTON Talk less. you can spot him. Oh, well, sure, sir, Another immigrant, I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service, HAMILTON comin’ up from the sir. What? bottom. I have been looking for you. His enemies COMPANY BURR destroyed his rep, Just you wait BURR Smile more. America forgot him I’m getting nervous. HAMILTON MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE HAMILTON Ha. We fought with him. Sir… I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking BURR LAURENS an accelerated course of study when I got sort Don’t let them know what you’re against or Me? I died for him. of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may what you’re for. have punched him. It’s a blur, sir. He handles HAMILTON WASHINGTON the financials? Me? I trusted him. You can’t be serious. BURR BURR ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA REYNOLDS You punched the bursar. Me? I loved him. You wanna get ahead? HAMILTON BURR HAMILTON Yes! Yes. And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him. I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join the revolution. He looked at me like I BURR was stupid, I’m not stupid. Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead. LAURENS MULLIGAN tryin’ to reach my goal. My power of speech: Yo yo yo yo yo! Aaron Burr! unimpeachable. What time is it? Only nineteen but my mind is older. LAURENS These New York City streets get colder, I LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN Give us a verse, drop some knowledge! shoulder Show time! ev’ry burden, ev’ry disadvantage BURR I have learned to manage, I don’t have a gun BURR Good luck with that: you’re takin’ a stand. to brandish, …like I said… You spit. I’m ‘a sit. We’ll see where we land. I walk these streets famished. The plan is to fan this spark into a flame. LAURENS LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN But damn, it’s getting dark, so let me spell Show time! Show time! Yo! Boooo! out the name, I am the— I’m John Laurens in the place to be! LAURENS Two pints o’ Sam Adams, but I’m workin’ on Burr, the revolution’s imminent. What do HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ three, uh! you stall for? LAURENS Those redcoats don’t want it with me! HAMILTON A-l-e-x-a-n-d Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till e-r—we are—meant to be... I’m free! If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for? HAMILTON LAFAYETTE A colony that runs independently. Oui oui, mon ami, je m’appelle Lafayette! Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin’ on us The Lancelot of the revolutionary set! 3. MY SHOT endlessly. I came from afar just to say “Bonsoir!” LAURENS MULLIGAN LAFAYETTE Essentially, they tax us relentlessly, Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who’s the best? then King George turns around, runs a C’est moi! Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, spending spree. Who are you? He ain’t ever gonna set his descendants free, MULLIGAN Who are you? will be a revolution in this century. Brrrah brraaah! I am , Who are you? Enter me! Up in it, lovin’ it, yes I heard ya mother said “Come again?” MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course Ooh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do? (He says in parentheses) it’s hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets… HAMILTON HAMILTON I am not throwing away my shot! Don’t be shocked when your hist’ry book LAURENS I am not throwing away my shot! mentions me. No more sex, pour me another brew, son! Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I will lay down my life if it sets us free. Let’s raise a couple more… I’m young, scrappy and hungry, Eventually, you’ll see my ascendancy, and I’m not throwing away my shot! LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN I’m ‘a get a scholarship to King’s College. HAMILTON LAURENS To the revolution! I prob’ly shouldn’t brag, but dag, I amaze And I am not throwing My shot! and astonish. away my shot. LAURENS The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish. I am not throwing My shot! Well, if it ain’t the of Princeton I gotta holler just to be heard. away my shot. college! With every word, I drop knowledge! Hey yo, I’m just like I’m a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece my country, of coal I’m young, scrappy HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ I am not throwing away my shot. and hungry MULLIGAN Hey yo, I’m just like my country, and I’m not throwing And I’m not throwing Shot! I’m young, scrappy and hungry and I’m not throwing away my shot. away my shot. away my shot. BURR HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ Geniuses, lower your voices. LAURENS LAFAYETTE You keep out of trouble and you double your Ev’rybody sing: HAM/LAF/MULL I am not throwing away my shot. choices. Whoa, whoa, whoa Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I am not throwing away my shot. I’m with you, but the situation is fraught. Hey! Hey yo, I’m just like my country, You’ve got to be carefully taught: Whoa! Whoa! I’m young, scrappy and hungry If you talk, you’re gonna get shot! Wooh!! and I’m not throwing away my shot. Whoa! Whoa! It’s time to take a shot! HAMILTON Ay, let ‘em hear ya! Burr, check what we got. Let’s go! Yea! Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot, LAFAYETTE COMPANY I dream of life without a monarchy. I think your pants look hot, The unrest in France will lead to ‘onarchy? Laurens, I like you a lot. I said shout it to the Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! ‘Onarchy? How you say, how you say, ‘anarchy?’ Let’s hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin’ rooftops! When I fight, I make the other side panicky. the pot... Said, to the rooftops! Whoa! With my- What are the odds the gods would put us all Come on! Whoa! in one spot, Come on, let’s go! Yea! HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ poppin’ a squat on conventional wisdom, like LAURENS MULLIGAN it or not, Rise up! Shot! a bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists? When you’re living on MULLIGAN Give me a position, show me where the your knees, Yo, I’m a tailor’s apprentice, ammunition is! you rise up. and I got y’all knuckleheads in loco parentis. Tell your brother that I’m joining the rebellion cuz I know it’s my Oh, am I talkin’ too loud? he’s gotta rise up. chance Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at Tell your sister that to socially advance, instead of sewin’ some the mouth. she's gotta rise up. pants! I never had a group of friends before, LAURENS AND I’m gonna take a- I promise that I’ll make y’all proud. ENSEMBLE HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/ LAURENS When are these colonies gonna MULLIGAN Let’s get this guy in front of a crowd. Shot! rise up? HAM/LAUR/LAF/MULL/ENSEMBLE When are these Whoa! Whoa! LAURENS I am not throwing away my shot. colonies gonna But we’ll never be truly free I am not throwing away my shot. rise up until those in bondage have the same rights Hey yo, I’m just like my country, When are these Whoa! as you and me, I’m young, scrappy and hungry colonies gonna you and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in and I’m not throwing away my shot. rise up on a stallion with the first black battalion When are these Whoa! have another- I am not throwing away my shot. colonies gonna rise up? Whoa! Hey yo, I’m just like my country, 4. THE STORY Rise up! I’m young, scrappy and hungry OF TONIGHT Rise up! and I’m not throwing away my shot. HAMILTON/ HAMILTON HAMILTON I may not live to see our glory! I imagine death so much it feels more like LAURENS/ LAFAYETTE/ LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS a memory MULLIGAN When’s it gonna get me? ENSEMBLE I may not live to see our glory! In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? We’re gonna comin’, do I run or do I let it be? rise up! Time to take Not throwing away HAMILTON Is it like a beat without a melody? a shot! my shot. But I will gladly join the fight! See, I never thought I’d live past twenty. We’re gonna Where I come from some get half as many. rise up! Time to take Not throwing away LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS Ask anybody why we livin’ fast and we a shot! my shot. But I will gladly join the fight! We’re gonna We’re gonna laugh, reach for a flask, HAMILTON we have to make this moment last, that’s And when our children tell our story... plenty. rise up! Rise up! LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS that, HAMILTON And when our children tell our story... this is not a moment, it’s the movement Time to take a shot! where all the hungriest brothers with Rise up! HAMILTON something to prove went? Rise up! They’ll tell the story of tonight. Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand, we roll like Moses, claimin’ our promised land. HAM/LAF/MULL/ MULLIGAN And? If we win our independence? LAUR Let’s have another round tonight. ‘Zat a guarantee of freedom for our Time to take a shot! Rise up! descendants? Rise up! LAFAYETTE Or will the blood we shed begin an endless Take a shot! Let’s have another round tonight. cycle of vengeance and death with no Shot! Ri- ri- ri defendants? HAMILTON Shot! Let’s have another round tonight. I know the action in the street is excitin’, A-yo, it’s but Jesus, between all the bleedin’ ‘n fightin’ time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! LAURENS I’ve been readin’ ‘n writin’. Time to take a shot! Time to take a shot! Raise a glass to freedom, We need to handle our financial situation. And I am– And I am– Something they can never take away, Are we a nation of states? What’s the state of no matter what they tell you. our nation? HAM/LAF/MULL/LAUR Raise a glass to the four of us. I’m past patiently waitin’. I’m passionately Not throwin’ away my- smashin’ every expectation, LAURENS/MULLIGAN every action’s an act of creation! COMPANY Tomorrow there’ll be more of us. I’m laughin’ in the face of casualties and Not throwin’ away my shot! sorrow, MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS for the first time, I’m thinkin’ past tomorrow, Telling the story of tonight. HAMILTON AND COMPANY HAMILTON And I am not throwing away my shot. They’ll tell the story of tonight. I am not throwing away my shot. LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE than going downtown and slummin’ it with PEGGY Raise a glass to freedom, the poor. Daddy said not to go downtown. something they can never take away. They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the common ELIZA HAMILTON Just to watch them talk. Like I said, you’re free to go. No matter what they tell you. Take : the man is loaded. Uh-oh, but little does he know that ANGELICA MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE his daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza But–look around, look around, the Let’s have another round tonight. sneak into the city just to watch all the revolution’s happening in New York. LAURENS guys at— ELIZA/PEGGY Raise a glass to the four of us. COMPANY New York. HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/ Work, work! COMPANY LAFAYETTE ANGELICA Angelica Tomorrow there’ll be more of us. Angelica! SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY HAMILTON/LAURENS COMPANY Work! Telling the story of tonight Work, work! PEGGY MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE ELIZA It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war. Let’s have another round tonight Eliza! ELIZA HAMILTON/ MULLIGAN/ PEGGY People shouting in the square. LAURENS/ LAFAYETTE/ And Peggy! ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE PEGGY They'll tell the story COMPANY It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our of tonight Work, work! shore. Raise a glass to The Schuyler sisters! freedom ANGELICA They'll tell the story ANGELICA New ideas in the air. of tonight Angelica! Raise a glass to ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE freedom PEGGY Look around, look around— They'll tell the story Peggy! ELIZA of tonight Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for… They’ll tell the story of- ELIZA Eliza! ALL MEN FULL ENSEMBLE She’s lookin’ for me! Tonight COMPANY Work! ANGELICA COMPANY PEGGY Eliza, I’m lookin’ Work, work! 5. THE SCHUYLER Daddy said to be by sundown. for a mind at work. SISTERS I’m lookin for a Work, work! ANGELICA mind at work! BURR Daddy doesn’t need to know. I’m lookin for a Work, work! There’s nothing rich folks love more mind at work! Whooaaaaa! WOMEN to be self Look around Work! evident ELIZA/ANGELICA/ that all men Hey! Hey! PEGGY ELIZA are created Whooaaaaa! Look around, look around at how equal Look around Work! Work! Lucky we are to be alive right now! Whoo! Hey! Hey! ELIZA/PEGGY At how lucky BURR we are Wooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city. Look around, look around at how Lucky we are to be alive right now! to be alive Hey! Hey! Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ right now! pretty. Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY History is happening in and we FULL COMPANY But your perfume smells like your daddy’s Look around, look around at how lucky we are got money. just happen to be in the greatest city in the world! to be alive right now! Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels History is happening in Manhattan and we just You searchin for an urchin who can give you happen to be ideals? SCHUYLERS SISTERS AND COMPANY In the greatest city in the world! ALL WOMEN ANGELICA ELIZA/ In the greatest city in the world Burr, you disgust me. ANGELICA PEGGY MEN Cuz I’ve been Look around, Hey! Hey! Hey! ALL MEN BURR In the greatest city- Ah, so you’ve discussed me. reading look around Hey! I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me! Common COMPANY Sense by In the greatest city in the world! ANGELICA Thomas Paine. I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas So men say The Hey! Hey! Hey! COMPANY Paine. that I’m revolution’s Hey! Work, work! ANGELICA So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane. intense or I’m happening in- Angelica! You want a revolution? I want a revelation insane. Work, work! So listen to my declaration: ELIZA/ ELIZA ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY ANGELICA PEGGY WOMEN Eliza! “We hold these truths to be self-evident You want a New York! That all men are created equal” revolution? PEGGY I want a Look around, Work, work! And Peggy! ANGELICA revelation look And when I meet Thomas Jefferson, In New York! around the ANGELICA/ELIZA/ So listen revolution’s PEGGY COMPANY to my happening The Schuyler sisters! Unh! declaration: Work, work! We’re looking for a ANGELICA ANG/ELI/ mind at I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the PEG Work, work! work! sequel! We Hey! hold these FEMALE Hey! Hey! Work, work! truths ENSEMBLE Hey! Work, work! revolution is comin’. Revolution, they HAMILTON The Honestly, look at me, please don’t read! ELIZA/ have-nots are gonna Have not your COMPANY ANGELICA PEGGY win this, it’s interests at SEABURY Work, work! Whoa! Hey! Hey! hard to listen to you heart. Not your interests— Work, work! Hey! Hey! Hey! with a straight face. In the greatest HAMILTON Work, work! In the greatest Don’t modulate the key then not debate Chaos and bloodshed Chaos and bloodshed with me! city in the city in the already haunt are not world world Why should a tiny island across the sea us, honestly you A solution. regulate the price of tea? shouldn't even COMPANY talk. And what about Don’t let them lead In the greatest city in the world! BURR Boston? you Alexander, please! Look at the cost, n’ all that we’ve astray. HAMILTON 6. FARMER REFUTED lost n’ you talk Burr, I’d rather be divisive than indecisive, about Congress?! This Congress does not drop the niceties. SAMUEL SEABURY speak for Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel My dog speaks more me, ENSEMBLE Seabury, and I present “Free Thoughts on the eloquently Silence! A message from the Kng! Proceedings of the Continental Congress!” than thee! they’re playing a Heed not the rabble who scream revolution, dangerous A message from the King! they have not your interests at heart. But strangely, your game. mange is the same. FULL COMPANY MULLIGAN A message from the King! Oh my God. Tear this dude apart. I pray the king shows you his mercy. SEABURY Is he in Jersey? Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution. For shame, 7. YOU’LL BE BACK Don’t let them lead you astray. For the This Congress does not speak for me. revolution! KING GEORGE For shame, You say BURR the price of my love’s not a price that you’re Let him be. COMPANY willing to pay. For the You cry SEABURY revolution! in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you They’re playing a dangerous game. see me go by. I pray the king shows you his mercy. SEABURY Why so sad? For shame, for shame . . . Heed— Remember we made an when you went away, HAMILTON HAMILTON now you’re making me mad. Yo! SEABURY If you repeat yourself again I’m gonna— Remember, despite our estrangement, I’m He’d have you all Heed not the rabble your man. unravel at the SEABURY/HAMILTON You’ll be back. sound of screams Who scream Scream— Soon you’ll see. but the You’ll remember you belong to me. You’ll be back. Time will tell. Da da dat dat da ya da! HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ You’ll remember that I served you well. Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da LAFAYETTE Oceans rise, dat dat da ya da! Rise up! empires fall, we have seen each other through it all, HAMILTON and when push 8. RIGHT HAND MAN Understand? It’s the only way to- comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion COMPANY HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ to remind you of my love! British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the LAFAYETTE water. Rise up! Rise up! Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor. Da da dat dat da ya da! HAMILTON Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da, ENSEMBLE 1 Here he comes! Da da dat dat da… Thirty-two thousand troops in New York ENSEMBLE 2 ENSEMBLE Here comes the General! You say our love is draining and you can’t harbor. Thirty-two thousand go on. troops in New York When they surround harbor. BURR You’ll be the one complaining when I am Ladies and gentlemen! gone . . . our troops! And no, don’t change the subject They surround our They surround our ENSEMBLE cuz you’re my favorite subject. troops! troops! Here comes the General! My sweet, submissive subject, When they surround They surround our my loyal, royal subject, our troops! troops! BURR forever and ever and ever and ever and ever… HAMILTON The moment you’ve been waiting for! You’ll be back, As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war. ENSEMBLE like before. I knew that I was poor, Here comes the General! I will fight the fight and win the war I knew it was the only way to- for your love, BURR HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ The pride of ! for your praise, LAFAYETTE and I’ll love you till my dying days. Rise up! When you’re gone ENSEMBLE Here comes the general! I’ll go mad, HAMILTON so don’t throw away this thing we had. If they tell my story BURR I am either gonna die on the battlefield in ! Cuz when push comes to shove, glory or- I will kill your friends and family to remind WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE you of my love. HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ We are outgunned, What? Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da LAFAYETTE outmanned, What? Da da dat dat da ya da! Rise up! outnumbered, Buck, buck, buck, buck, Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da outplanned. buck! Da da dat dat- HAMILTON Everybody! We will fight for this land We gotta make an but there’s only one man all out stand ENSEMBLE who can give us a command so we can- ayo, I’m gonna need Buck, buck, buck, buck, Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da a right-hand man. buck! WASHINGTON HAMILTON my forces, they’re skittish as the British cut Check it— We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em the city up. Can I be real a second? of their advantages. This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny, For just a millisecond? I scream in the face of this mass mutiny: Let down my guard and tell the people how I MULLIGAN are these the men with which I am to defend feel a second? Rah! America? Now I’m the model of a modern major general, We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the the venerated Virginian veteran whose men HAMILTON distance. are all Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has I cannot be everywhere at , people. lining up, to put me up on a pedestal, granted us. I’m in dire need of assistance . . . writin’ letters to relatives Hamilton won’t abandon ship, embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence, Yo, let’s steal their cannons- BURR Your excellency, sir! but the elephant is in the room, MULLIGAN COMPANY the truth is in ya face when ya hear the British Shh-boom! Boom! cannons go... WASHINGTON Who are you? WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit Boom! BURR spray and... Aaron Burr, Sir? Permission to state my case? WASHINGTON COMPANY Any hope of success is fleeting, Boom! how can I keep leading when the people I’m WASHINGTON As you were. leading keep retreating? WASHINGTON We put a stop to the bleeding as the British Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips BURR take , Bay and... Sir, knight takes rook, but look, I was a captain under General Montgomery COMPANY until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec, WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE Boom! We are outgunned, What? and well, in summary outmanned, What? WASHINGTON I think that I could be of some assistance. I admire how you keep firing on the British outnumbered, There’s another ship and... outplanned. Buck, buck, buck, buck, from a distance. buck! COMPANY WASHINGTON We gotta make an all Boom! out stand Huh. ayo, I’m gonna need a WASHINGTON BURR right-hand man. We just lost the southern tip and... I have some questions, a couple of suggestions Incoming! COMPANY Boom! on how to fight instead of fleeing west. HAMILTON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON They’re battering down Yes? check the damages. We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip. BURR MULLIGAN Guns and horses giddyup, Well- Rah! I decide to divvy up HAMILTON I know you stole British cannons when we WASHINGON AND COMPANY Your excellency, you wanted to see me? were still downtown. We are outgunned, outmanned! Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to WASHINGTON hire you... HAMILTON Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr? You need all the help you can get. HAMILTON I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan, HAMILTON To be their Secretary? I don’t think so. Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else? Yes, sir. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON AND COMPANY HAMILTON AND BURR Why’re you upset? Outnumbered, outplanned! We keep meeting. HAMILTON HAMILTON BURR I’m not— We’ll need some spies on the inside, As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing Some King’s men who might let some things your strategy play out. WASHINGTON slide. It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a WASHINGTON hunger. ELI/ANG/ Burr? I was just like you when I was younger. HAMILTON COMPANY PEG Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr? I’ll write to Boom! Whoa, whoa, BURR Congress and whoa… Sir? HAMILTON tell ‘em we Yes. need supplies, WASHINGTON you rally the Close the door on your way out. WASHINGTON guys, master Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder. HAMILTON the element Whoa, whoa, Have I done something wrong, sir? HAMILTON of surprise. Chicka-boom! whoa… Why are you telling me this? WASHINGTON I’ll rise above On the contrary. WASHINGTON my station, I called you here because our odds are beyond I’m being honest. organize your scary. I’m working with a third of what our Congress information Your reputation precedes you, but I have has promised. ‘til we rise to to laugh. We are a powder keg about to explode, the occasion ELI/ANG/ I need someone like you to lighten the load. So? of our new PEG AND HAMILTON nation. Sir! WOMEN Sir? COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON) Whoa, whoa, I am not throwin’ away my shot! whoa… WASHINGTON I am not throwin’ away my shot! Hamilton, how come no one can get you on Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, ENSEMBLE their staff? scrappy and hungry! Here comes the General! HAMILTON HAMILTON HAMILTON Sir! I am not throwing away my shot! Rise up! WASHINGTON LAUR/LAF/MULL WASHINGTON What? Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, of Son, great renown. ENSEMBLE But what do we have in common? We’re ELIZA ALL WOMEN Here comes the reliable with the Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey General! Dooo! Hey! Hey hey hey hey ALL MEN Ohh, I do I do I do I Hey hey hey hey SCHUYLER Ladies! Dooo! Boy, you got me Hey hey hey SISTERS HAMILTON Rise up! BURR ELIZA AND WOMEN Rise up! There are so many to deflower. Helpless! LAUR/LAF/ Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m MULL ALL MEN Ladies! helpless! What? Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em. ENSEMBLE BURR Looks! Proximity to power. ELIZA Here comes the General! I have never been the type to try and grab SCHUYLER ALL MEN the spotlight. Ladies! We were at a revel with some rebels on a SISTERS AND hot night, HAMILTON WOMEN laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the Rise up! Rise up! LAUR/LAF/ BURR MULL They delighted and distracted him. room then you walked in and my heart went What? Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him! “Boom!” FULL COMPANY Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of the Here comes the General! HAMILTON ballroom, That’s true. everybody’s dancin’ and the band’s top HAMILTON volume. What? FULL COMPANY 1780. ELIZA AND WOMEN WASHINGTON Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine. And his right hand man! BURR A winter’s ball ELIZA FULL COMPANY and the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all. Grab my sister, and Boom! Yo, if you can marry a sister, you’re rich, son. whisper, “Yo, this one’s mine.” ALL WOMEN HAMILTON Oooh Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one? My sister made her 9. A WINTER’S BALL way across the room BURR to you Oooh How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore, 10. HELPLESS and I got nervous, go on and on, thinking “What’s she grow into more of a phenomenon? HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS gonna do?” Oooh Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth Hey She grabbed you by bother Hey the arm, I’m thinkin’ be seated at the right hand of the father. Hey hey “I’m through” Oooh Then you look back at Washington hires Hamilton right on sight, HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write. me and suddenly I’m WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA) Helpless! Helpless! Now Hamilton’s skill with a quill is undeniable Hey hey hey hey Oh, look at those eyes, ANGELICA Look into your eyes, I’ll leave you to it. Helpless! Helpless! Oh! And the sky’s the limit Look into your eyes, Yeah, I’m I’m ELIZA AND WOMEN and the sky’s the helpless, I know Helpless! One week later limit I’m Down for the count, ELIZA Helpless! Helpless! And I’m drownin’ I’m writin’ a letter nightly. Hoo! Down for the count, in ‘em. Now my life gets better, every letter that you and I’m drownin’ in write me. ‘em I’m I’m so into you, I’m helpless! Laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to form helpless! I am so into you. a harem. That boy is mine, Look into your eyes, that boy is mine! Look into your eyes, And the sky’s the ANGELICA And the sky’s the limit I’m I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you limit I’m helpless! would share him. Helpless! Helpless! helpless! I know, I’m down for Down for the count, Down for the count, the count ELIZA ALL WOMEN And I’m drownin’ and I’m drownin’ And I’m drownin’ Ha! Two weeks later, in ‘em in ‘em in ‘em. Down for the count, Two weeks later, And I’m drownin’ In the living room helpless! in ‘em stressin’, stressin’ Down for the count, my father’s stone- and I’m drownin’ HAMILTON faced in ‘em Where are you taking me? while you’re asking for his HAMILTON ANGELICA blessin’. blessin’. Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name, I’m about to change your life. I’m dying inside, as an acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop you wine of fame. HAMILTON All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain, Then by all means, lead the way. and dine and I’m tryin’ not to a couple of college credits and my top-notch ELIZA cry, ‘cause brain. Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet there’s nothing that Insane, your family brings out a different you. your mind can’t do. Oooh side of me, My father makes his Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take HAMILTON way across the room a bite of me, Schuyler? to you. Oooh no stress, my love for you is never in doubt. I panic for a second, We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll ANGELICA thinking, “we’re figure it out. My sister. through” Oooh I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was But then he shakes a child. ELIZA your hand and says, My father left, my mother died, I grew up Thank you for all your service. “Be true” Oooh buckwild. And you turn back to But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that HAMILTON me, smiling, and I’m was real, If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it. and long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God, 11. SATISFIED ANGELICA you’ll never feel so… I remember that night, I just might LAURENS regret that night for the rest of my days. ALL WOMEN Alright, alright. That’s what I’m talkin’ about! ELIZA Helpless! Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, I remember those soldier boys I do I do I do Angelica Schuyler! tripping over themselves to win our praise. HAMILTON I do! Eliza… ANGELICA I remember that dreamlike candlelight Helpless! A toast to the like a dream that you can’t quite place, I do I do I do groom! ALL MEN I do! To the groom! but Alexander, I’ll never forget the first I’ve never To the groom! ALL WOMEN time I saw your face. felt so- Helpless! To the groom! To the groom! Hey! Yeah, To the bride! I have never been the same, yeah! To the bride! Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame, Down for the And when you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name, count and To the bride! To the bride! set my heart aflame, ev’ry part aflame, I’m drownin’ From your I’m in ‘em sister, To the bride! FULL COMPANY Down for the ELIZA AND This is not a game… count, I’m- Angelica! WOMEN My life is gon’ Helpless! Angelica! Angelica! HAMILTON be fine who is always Angelica! You strike me as a woman who has never been cuz Eliza’s by your side. satisfied. in it. By your side! By your side! I look into To your union, ANGELICA your eyes, Helpless! To the union! I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. You and the sky’s To the union! To the forget yourself. the limit revolution! I’m To the HAMILTON Helpless! revolution! You’re like me. I’m never satisfied. …drownin’ and the hope that ANGELICA in ‘em. Is that right? Down for the you provide. count, You provide! HAMILTON and I’m You provide! You provide! I have never been satisfied. drownin’ in May you ‘em. always... ANGELICA My name is Angelica Schuyler. ALL WOMEN HAMILTON In New York, you can be a new man… AND MEN HAMILTON in New York, you can be a new man… Always– Always– Alexander Hamilton. In New York, you can be a new man… be satisfied. Rewind– Rewind– ANGELICA ELIZA Where’s your fam’ly from? Helpless. HAMILTON ANGELICA AND COMPANY ELIZA Unimportant. There’s a million things I Three fundamental truths at the exact same Thank you for all your service. haven’t done but time… just you wait, just you wait… HAMILTON HAMILTON If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will ANGELICA Where are you taking me? have been worth it. So so so— so this is what it feels like to match wits ANGELICA ANGELICA with someone at your level! What the hell is I’m about to change your life. I’ll leave you to it. the catch? It’s the feeling of freedom, of seein’ the light, HAMILTON COMPANY it’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You Then by all means, lead the way. Number three! see it, right? COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA) ANGELICA The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes, Number one! I know my sister like I know my own mind, ev’rything we said in total agreement, it’s you will never find anyone as trusting or ANGELICA as kind. a dream and it’s a bit of a dance, I’m a girl in a world in which a bit of a posture, it’s a bit of a stance. He’s a If I tell her that I love him she’d be silently my only job is to marry rich. resigned, bit of a flirt, but I’m ‘a give it a chance. My father has no sons so I’m the one I asked about his fam’ly, did you see his he’d be mine. who has to social climb for one, She would say, “I’m fine” answer? so I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance? gossip in ANGELICA AND COMPANY He’s penniless, he’s flying by the seat of New York City is insidious, She’d be lying. his pants. Alexander is penniless, Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less. ANGELICA Handsome, boy, does he know it! But when I fantasize at night Peach fuzz, and he can’t even grow it! ELIZA it’s Alexander’s eyes, I wanna take him far away from this place, Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you. as I romanticize what might then I turn and see my sister’s face and she is... have been if I hadn’t sized him HAMILTON up so quickly. ELIZA Schuyler? Helpless… At least my dear Eliza’s his wife; ANGELICA at least I keep his eyes in my life… ANGELICA My sister. ALL MEN And I know she is... (EXCEPT COMPANY ANGELICA HAMILTON) ELIZA Number two! Helpless… To the groom! To the groom! ANGELICA ALL WOMEN ANGELICA (EXCEPT He’s after me cuz I’m a Schuyler sister. To the groom! ELIZA) And her eyes are just… That elevates his status, I’d have to be naïve to set that aside, To the groom! To the groom! ELIZA maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza, To the bride! Helpless… now that’s his bride. To the bride! Nice going, Angelica, he was right, To the bride! ANGELICA To the bride! To the bride! And I realize You will never be satisfied. From your 12. THE STORY OF LAFAYETTE sister, TONIGHT (REPRISE) We’ll tell the story of tonight. Angelica! ELIZA AND WOMEN LAURENS LAURENS Angelica! Angelica! I may not live to see our glory! Let’s have another round— who is always MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE HAMILTON by your side. Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr. By your side. I may not live to see our glory! By your side. LAURENS BURR To your union, But I’ve seen wonders great and small. Sir! To the union! To the union! To the To the MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE HAMILTON revolution! revolution! I’ve seen wonders great and small. I didn’t think that you would make it. and the hope that you LAURENS BURR provide. Cuz if the tomcat can get married, To be sure. You provide! You provide! You provide! MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE If Alexander can get married— Burr! May you HAMILTON always AND MEN LAURENS BURR Always– Always- There’s hope for our ass, after all! I came to say congratulations. be satisfied. Be satisfied, LAFAYETTE MULLIGAN be satisfied. Raise a glass to freedom. Spit a verse, Burr! be satisfied, LAURENS/MULLIGAN BURR And I know MEN I see the whole gang is here. Be satisfied. Hey! WOMEN Something you will never see again! Be satisfied. Be satisfied. LAFAYETTE Be satisfied. MULLIGAN You are the worst, Burr! She’ll be Be satisfied. No matter what she tells you. happy as HAMILTON Be satisfied. LAFAYETTE Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Be satisfied. Let’s have another round tonight! Colonel. his bride. I wish I had your command instead of And I know Be satisfied. Be satisfied. LAURENS manning George’s journal. Be satisfied. Raise a glass to the four of us! Be satisfied. BURR Be satisfied. LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON No, you don’t. Ho! Be satisfied. HAMILTON ANGELICA MULLIGAN Yes, I do. To the newly not poor of us! He will never be satisfied. BURR I will never be satisfied. LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON Now, be sensible. Woo! From what I hear, you’ve made yourself BURR BURR indispensible. She’s married to a British officer. My grandfather LAURENS HAMILTON was a and Well, well, I heard Oh shit… brimstone MEN you’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr. preacher, Preacher, BURR preacher, HAMILTON Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more. Is that so? preacher I’ll see you on the other side of the war. But there are LAURENS HAMILTON things that What are you tryin’ to hide, Burr? I will never understand you. the homilies If you love this woman, go get her! What are and hymns BURR you waiting for? won’t teach Teach ya, I should go. ya. teach ya, BURR teach ya HAMILTON I’ll see you on the other side of the war. My mother No, these guys should go. was WOMEN HAMILTON a genius, Genius LAFAYETTE I’ll see you on the other side of the war. my father What? commanded Respect, respect. respect LAURENS 13. WAIT FOR IT When they No! died they HAMILTON BURR left no instructions. Leave us alone. Theodosia writes me a letter ev’ry day. I’m keeping her bed warm while her husband Just a legacy MULLIGAN is away. to protect. Man… He’s on the British side in Georgia. He’s tryin’ to keep the colonies in line. BURR/ENSEMBLE HAMILTON He can keep all of Georgia. Death doesn’t discriminate It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl Theodosia, she’s mine. between the sinners with you tonight, Burr. and the saints, Love doesn’t discriminate it takes and it takes and it takes BURR between the sinners and we keep living anyway. You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, and the saints, We rise and we fall sir. it takes and it takes and it takes and we break and we keep loving anyway. and we make our mistakes. HAMILTON We laugh and we cry And if there’s a reason I’m still alive What do you mean? and we break when everyone who loves me has died and we make our mistakes. I’m willing to wait for it. BURR And if there’s a reason I’m by her side I’m willing to wait for it. She’s married. when so many have tried Wait for it HAMILTON then I’m willing to wait for it. I’m willing to wait for it. I see. ENSEMBLE Wait for it Wait for it BURR we rise and we fall and Wait for it He has something to prove we break he has nothing to lose BURR and we make our We fall mistakes. I am the one thing in life I can control ENSEMBLE and if there's a reason and if there's a reason Lose I’m still alive I’m still alive ENSEMBLE Lose Wait for it when so many have when so many have Lose died, died, Wait for it Lose Wait for it then I’m willin' to- then I’m willin’ to- Wait for it BURR BURR Hamilton’s pace is relentless, Wait for it... WOMEN BURR he wastes no time MEN I am inimitable Wait for it… I am an original Wait for it…. ENSEMBLE Wait for it... Time ENSEMBLE Wait for it… Time Wait for it… Wait for it Time Wait for it Wait for it… Wait for it BURR Wait for it… Wait for it What is it like in his shoes? Wait for it… Wait for it… BURR Hamilton doesn’t hesitate. Wait for it… I’m not falling behind or running late He exhibits no restraint. Wait... He takes and he takes and he takes ENSEMBLE and he keeps winning anyway. Wait for it He changes the game. 14. STAY ALIVE Wait for it He plays and he raises the stakes. Wait for it And if there’s a reason ELIZA Wait for it he seems to thrive when so few survive, then Stay alive... BURR Goddamnit- ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN I’m not standing still, BURR COMPANY Stay alive... I am lying in wait I'm willing to wait I'm willing to wait HAMILTON ENSEMBLE for it. for it Wait for it I have never seen the General so despondent. Wait Wait for... I have taken over writing all his Wait I'm willing to wait I'm willing to- correspondence. Wait for it… Congress writes, “George, attack the British Life doesn't Life doesn't forces.” BURR I shoot back, we have resorted to eating our Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb discriminate discriminate between the sinners between the sinners horses. and the saints, and the saints, Local merchants deny us equipment, ENSEMBLE assistance, Climb it takes and it takes it takes and it takes and it takes. and it takes they only take British money, so sing a song Climb of sixpence. Climb We rise and we keep living anyway, WASHINGTON MULLIGAN WASHINGTON The cavalry’s not coming. I go back to New York and my apprenticeship. Ev’ryone attack! HAMILTON LAFAYETTE LEE Sir! I ask for French aid, I pray that France has Retreat! sent a ship. WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Alex, listen. There’s only one way for us to LAURENS Attack! win this. I stay at work with Hamilton, Provoke outrage, outright. we write essays against slavery, LEE and every day’s a test of our camaraderie Retreat! HAMILTON and bravery. That’s right. WASHINGTON HAMILTON What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your WASHINGTON We cut supply lines, we steal contraband, feet! Don’t engage, strike by night. we pick and choose our battles and places to Remain relentless ‘til their troops take flight. take a stand. LEE And ev’ry day, But there’s so many of them! HAMILTON WASHINGTON Make it impossible to justify the cost of the “Sir, entrust me with a command,” fight. and ev’ry day, I’m sorry, is this not your speed?! Hamilton! WASHINGTON WASHINGTON HAMILTON Outrun. No. Ready, sir! HAMILTON HAMILTON WASHINGTON Outrun. He dismisses me out of hand. Have Lafayette take the lead! WASHINGTON ELIZA/ Outlast. HAMILTON ANGELICA HAMILTON Instead of me, Stay alive… Yes, sir! HAMILTON he promotes LEE Outlast. LAURENS Charles Lee. Charles Lee. A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree WASHINGTON Makes him heat. Hit ‘em quick, get out fast. second-in- command: LAFAYETTE HAMILTON As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of Chick-a-plao! LEE defeat. I’m a General. Whee!!!! WASHINGTON HAMILTON Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past. HAMILTON Charles Lee was left behind We’re gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast. Yeah. He’s not the choice I would have gone without a pot to piss in. with. He started sayin’ this to anybody who would HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE listen: Raise a glass! HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE He shits the bed at the . LEE Washington cannot be left alone to his devices indecisive, from crisis to crisis. Number one! COMPANY The best thing he can do for the revolution Five! is turn n’ LAURENS go back to plantin’ tobacco in Mount Vernon. The challenge: demand satisfaction. LEE If they apologize, no need for further action. Duel before the sun is in the sky. COMPANY Oo!! COMPANY COMPANY Number two! Pick a place to die where it’s high and dry, WASHINGTON number six! Don’t do a thing. History will prove him wrong. LAURENS If they don’t, grab a friend, that’s your second. HAMILTON HAMILTON Leave a note for your next of kin. But, sir! HAMILTON Tell ‘em where you been. Pray that hell or Your lieutenant when there’s reckoning to heaven lets you in. WASHINGTON be reckoned. We have a war to fight, let’s move along. COMPANY COMPANY Seven! LAURENS Number three! Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold LEE him to it. LEE Confess your sins, ready for the moment Have your seconds meet face to face. of adrenaline when you finally face your HAMILTON opponent. I can’t disobey direct orders. BURR Negotiate a peace… COMPANY LAURENS Number eight! Then I’ll do it. HAMILTON Alexander, you’re the closest friend I’ve got. Or negotiate a time and place. LAURENS/LEE/HAMILTON/BURR Your last chance to negotiate. HAMILTON BURR Send in your seconds, see if they can set the Laurens, do not throw away your shot. This is commonplace, ‘specially ‘tween record straight… recruits. BURR COMPANY Alexander. 15. TEN DUEL Most disputes die, and no one shoots. COMMANDMENTS Number four! HAMILTON MEN LAURENS Aaron Burr, sir. One, two, three, four If they don’t reach a peace, that’s alright. BURR FULL COMPANY Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site. Can we agree that are dumb and Five, six, seven, eight, … HAMILTON immature? BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEE You pay him in advance, you treat him with HAMILTON civility. It’s the . Sure. But your man has to answer for his words, FULL COMPANY BURR Burr. You have him turn around so he can have It’s the Ten Duel Commandments. deniability. BURR With his life? We both know that’s absurd, sir. HAMILTON COMPANY WASHINGTON Hang on, how many men died because Lee Here comes the General! You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies was inexperienced and ruinous? to the south. BURR BURR This should be fun. HAMILTON Okay, so we’re doin’ this. You’re absolutely right. John should have shot WASHINGTON him in the mouth. COMPANY What is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr, That would’ve shut him up. Number nine! get a medic for the General. WASHINGTON HAMILTON BURR Son— Look ‘em in the eye, aim no higher. Yes, sir. Summon all the courage you require. HAMILTON Then count WASHINGTON I’m notcha son— Lee, you will never agree with me, MEN but believe me, these young men don’t speak WASHINGTON One two three four for me. Watch your tone. Thank you for your service. I am not a maiden in need of defending, I FULL COMPANY am grown. Five six seven eight nine BURR Let’s ride! HAMILTON (OVERLAPPING) HAMILTON/BURR Charles Lee, Thomas Conway, Number WASHINGTON these men take your name and they rake it Hamilton! through the mud. COMPANY Ten paces! HAMILTON WASHINGTON Sir! My name’s been through a lot, I can take it. HAMILTON/BURR Fire! WASHINGTON HAMILTON Meet me inside. Well, I don’t have your name. I don’t have your titles. 16. MEET ME INSIDE COMPANY I don’t have your land. Meet him inside! Meet him inside! Meet him But, if you— HAMILTON inside, meet him, meet him inside! Lee, do you yield? WASHINGTON WASHINGTON No— BURR Son— You shot him in the side! HAMILTON Yes, he yields! HAMILTON If you gave me command of a battalion, a Don’t call me son. group of men to lead, I could fly above my LAURENS station after the war. I’m satisfied. WASHINGTON This war is hard enough WASHINGTON BURR without infighting— Or you could die and we need you alive. Yo, we gotta clear the field! HAMILTON HAMILTON HAMILTON Lee called you out. We called his bluff. I’m more than willing to die— Go! We won. WASHINGTON ELIZA We don’t need a legacy. Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you I’m not sorry. We don’t need money. alive— If I could you peace of mind, ELIZA HAMILTON HAMILTON I knew you’d fight The war’s not If you could let me inside your heart... Call me son one more time— until the war was won Oh, let me be a part of the narrative done. in the story they will write someday. WASHINGTON But you deserve a Let this moment be the first chapter: Go home, Alexander. chance to meet where you decide to stay That’s an order from your commander. your son. and I could be enough Look around, look and we could be enough HAMILTON around that would be enough. Sir— at how lucky we are to be alive WASHINGTON right now. Go home. 18. GUNS AND SHIPS HAMILTON BURR Will you relish being a poor man’s wife, How does a ragtag volunteer army in need 17. THAT WOULD unable to provide for your life? of a shower BE ENOUGH somehow defeat a global superpower? ELIZA How do we emerge victorious from the ELIZA I relish being your wife. quagmire? Look around, look around at how lucky we are Look around, look around… Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross’ flag to be alive right now. higher? Look around, look around… Look at where you are. Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon! Look at where you started. HAMILTON An immigrant you know and love who’s The fact that you’re alive is a miracle. unafraid to step in! How long have you known? Just stay alive, that would be enough. He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen. ELIZA And if this child A month or so. Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman! Shares a fraction of your smile HAMILTON or a fragment of your mind, look out world! Eliza, you should have told me. COMPANY That would be enough. Lafayette! ELIZA I wrote to the General a month ago. I don’t pretend to know LAFAYETTE the challenges you’re facing. I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’ HAMILTON The worlds you keep erasing and creating in redcoats redder with bloodstains. your mind. No. COMPANY ELIZA But I’m not afraid. Lafayette! I begged him to send you home. I know who I married. So long as you come home at the end of LAFAYETTE HAMILTON the day And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em You should have told me. that would be enough. drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m- COMPANY LAFAYETTE WASHINGTON Lafayette! Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually, Alexander Hamilton, what’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean— troops are waiting in the field for you. LAFAYETTE If you join us right now, together we can turn Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em! WASHINGTON AND COMPANY the tide. Enragin’ em! I’m- Hamilton! Oh, Alexander Hamilton, I have soldiers who will yield for you. COMPANY LAFAYETTE If we manage to get this right, Lafayette! No one has more resilience they’ll surrender by early light. or matches my practical tactical brilliance— LAFAYETTE The world will never be the same, Alexander… I go to France for more funds. WASHINGTON AND COMPANY Hamilton! COMPANY 19. HISTORY HAS Lafayette! LAFAYETTE ITS EYES ON YOU You wanna LAFAYETTE fight for your WASHINGTON I come back with more land back? I was younger then you are now when I was given my first command. LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE COMPANY I led my men straight into a massacre. Guns Hamilton! I witnessed their deaths firsthand. And ships And so the balance shifts. WASHINGTON I made every mistake, I need my I felt the shame rise in me, WASHINGTON right hand And even now I lie awake, We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate man back! their gifts. LAURENS/ WOMEN WASHINGTON MULLIGAN LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE Hamilton! MEN Knowing history has Whoa… We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them Ah! Uh, get Get your right its eyes off at sea, but ya right hand hand man on me. Whoa… for this to succeed, there’s someone else man back back! Whoa… we need: you know you Hamilton! Your right Yeah gotta get ya hand man WASHINGTON right hand back! HAMILTON/ I know. man back WASHINGTON History has its COMPANY WASHINGTON AND COMPANY I mean you Hamilton! Hamilton! eyes on Whoa… Hamilton! gotta put Ha- me. Whoa…. some thought Ha- LAFAYETTE Whoa… into the Yeah Sir, he knows what to do in a trench. letter but the ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— sooner WASHINGTON WASHINGTON AND COMPANY the better to Hamilton, Hamilton, Let me tell you what I wish I’d known get your right Hamilton! Hamilton! when I was young and dreamed of glory: Hamilton! hand man Ha- ha-! Ha- ha-! You have no control: back! WASHINGTON AND COMPANY HAMILTON We gotta go, gotta get the job done, Who lives, who dies, who tells your story. So what happens if we win? gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son! Take the bullets out your gun! WASHINGTON LAFAYETTE I know that we can win. I go back to France, ENSEMBLE I know that greatness lies in you. I bring freedom to my people if I’m given What? But remember from here on in, the chance. HAMILTON WASHINGTON/ HAMILTON The bullets out your gun! HAMILTON AND We’ll be with you when you do. MEN ENSEMBLE History has its LAFAYETTE What? Go lead your men. ENSEMBLE HAMILTON Eyes on you. Whoa… HAMILTON We move under cover and we move as one Whoa… See you on the other side. through the night, we have one shot to live Whoa… another day. LAFAYETTE We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away. FULL COMPANY ‘Til we meet again, let’s go! We will fight up close, seize the moment and History has its eyes on you. stay in it. ENSEMBLE It’s either that or meet the business end of I am not throwin’ away my shot! a bayonet. 20. YORKTOWN I am not throwin’ away my shot! The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me? Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young, (THE WORLD TURNED scrappy and hungry ENSEMBLE UPSIDE DOWN) and I’m not throwin’ away my shot! Rochambeau! COMPANY I am not throwin’ away my shot! HAMILTON The battle of Yorktown. 1781. You have your orders now, go, man, go! LAFAYETTE HAMILTON And so the American experiment begins ‘Til the world turns upside down... with my friends all scattered to the winds. Monsieur Hamilton. Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining ENSEMBLE brav’ry. HAMILTON ‘Til the world turns upside down! Monsieur Lafayette. HAMILTON/LAURENS HAMILTON We’ll never be free until we end slavery! LAFAYETTE I imagine death so much it feels more like In command where you belong. a memory. HAMILTON HAMILTON This is where it gets me: When we finally drive the British away, How you say, no sweat. on my feet, Lafayette is there waiting— Finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run. the enemy ahead of me. If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE with me, In Chesapeake Bay! Immigrants: weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me. HAMILTON HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me... How did we know that this plan would work? We get the job done. not only that, my Eliza’s expecting. We had a spy on the inside. That’s right, HAMILTON/COMPANY HAMILTON COMPANY Hercules Mulligan! We negotiate the terms of surrender. The world turned upside down! I see George Washington smile. MULLIGAN We escort their men out of Yorktown. A tailor spyin’ on the British government! They stagger home single file. 21. WHAT COMES I take their measurements, information and Tens of thousands of people flood the streets. NEXT? then I smuggle it! There are screams and church bells ringing. KING GEORGE COMPANY And as our fallen foes retreat, Up They say I hear the drinking song they’re singing… the price of my war’s not a price that they’re MULLIGAN willing to pay. ALL MEN Insane. To my brother’s revolutionary covenant The world turned upside down. I’m runnin’ with the and I am You cheat with the French, now I’m fighting lovin’ it! FULL COMPANY with France and with Spain. See, that’s what happens when you up against The world turned upside down, I’m so blue. the ruffians. the world turned upside down, I thought that we’d made an arrangement We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it! the world turned upside down, when you went away, Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction, down, You were mine to subdue. when you knock me down I get the fuck back down, down, down. Well, even despite our estrangement, I’ve got up again! a small query for you: LAFAYETTE COMPANY Freedom for America, freedom for France! What comes next? Left! Right! Hold! You’ve been freed. Go! COMPANY Do you know how hard it is to lead? What! What! What! Down, down, down. You’re on your own. HAMILTON HAMILTON Awesome. Wow. After a week of fighting, a young man in a Gotta start a new nation, Do you have a clue what happens now? coat stands on a parapet. gotta meet my son. Oceans rise. LAFAYETTE COMPANY Empires fall. We lower our guns as he frantically waves a Down, down, down. It’s much harder when it’s all your call. white handkerchief. MULLIGAN All alone, across the sea. MULLIGAN We won! When your people say they hate you, don’t And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our come crawling back to me. wounded, we count our dead. LAFAYETTE We won! Da da da dat da dat da da da LAURENS Da ya da Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS We won! Da da dat really means freedom. Da da ya da. . . WASHINGTON MULL/LAF/LAUR/HAMILTON/ Not. Yet. WASHINGTON You’re on your own . . . We won! 22. DEAR THEODOSIA HAMILTON Are you aware that we’re making hist’ry? I’ll do whatever it takes. This is the first murder trial of our brand-new BURR nation. Dear Theodosia, what to say to you? BURR You have my eyes. You have your mother’s I’ll make a million mistakes. BURR AND name. HAMILTON ENSEMBLE BURR/HAMILTON The liberty behind Non-stop! When you came into the world, you cried and I’ll make the world safe and sound for you... deliberation– it broke my heart. …will come of age with our young nation. We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it HAMILTON I’m dedicating every day to you. right for you. I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt Domestic life was never quite my style. with my assistant counsel— When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart. If we lay a strong enough foundation BURR And I thought I was so smart. we’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to you, and you’ll blow us all away... Co-counsel. someday, someday. Hamilton, sit down. You will come of age with our young nation. Our client Levi Weeks is innocent. Call your We’ll bleed and fight for you, we’ll make it Yeah, you’ll blow us all away, someday, someday. first witness. right for you. That’s all you had to say! If we lay a strong enough foundation we’ll pass it on to you, we’ll give the world to HAMILTON you, and you’ll blow us all away… 23. NON-STOP Okay! someday, someday. One more thing– Yeah, you’ll blow us all away, BURR someday, someday. After the war I went back to New York. BURR HAMILTON Why do you assume you’re the smartest in HAMILTON the room? Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone. A-after the war I went back to New York. Why do you assume you’re the smartest in My son. the room? Look at my son. Pride is not the word I’m BURR I finished up my studies and I practiced law. Why do you assume you’re the smartest in looking for. the room? There is so much more inside me now. HAMILTON Soon that attitude I practiced law, Burr worked next door. may be your doom! Oh Philip, you outshine the morning sun. My son. BURR ENSEMBLE When you smile, I fall apart. Even though we Awwww! And I thought I was so smart. started at the very My father wasn’t around. same time, BURR ENSEMBLE Alexander Hamilton Why do you write like Why do you write like BURR began to climb. you’re running out you’re running out My father wasn’t around. How to account for his of time? of time? rise to the top? ENSEMBLE Write day and night HAMILTON like you’re running out I swear that BURR Maaaaan, the man is Non-stop! non-stop! of time? I'll be around for you. Ev’ry day you fight, Ev’ry day you fight, I'll be around for you. HAMILTON like you’re running out like you’re running out Gentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me. of time. of time. Keep on fighting. In His own plan for BURR the meantime— a new form of It’s the middle of the night. Non-stop! government! What? HAMILTON HAMILTON Can we confer, sir? Corruption’s such an old song that we can sing BURR along in harmony and nowhere is it stronger Talks for six hours! The convention is listless! BURR than in Albany. Is this a legal matter? This colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling ENSEMBLE MAN Bright young man… HAMILTON and Yes, and it’s important to me. BURR AND ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN HAMILTON ENSEMBLE Yo, who the f is this? BURR Honestly that’s why He’s just What do you need? public service seems Non-stop! BURR HAMILTON to be calling me. Why do you always COMPANY say what you believe? Burr, you’re a better lawyer than me. HAMILTON Why do you always Why do you always BURR I practiced the law, I practic’ly perfected it. say what you believe? say what you believe? Okay. I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it. Ev’ry proclamation HAMILTON Now for a strong central democracy, guarantees I know I talk too much, I’m abrasive. If not, then I’ll be Socrates free ammunition for Awww! You’re incredible in court. You’re succinct, your enemies! HAMILTON persuasive. Throwing verbal rocks My client needs a strong defense. You’re the BURR AND MEN solution. at these mediocrities. ENSEMBLE Why do you write Awww! like it’s ALL WOMEN BURR going out of style? Going out of style, Who’s your client? BURR hey! Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention: Write day and night HAMILTON like it’s The new U.S. Constitution? HAMILTON Going out of style? Going out of style, I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention. hey! BURR No. BURR BURR AND COMPANY There as a New York junior delegate: Ev’ry day you fight like it’s HAMILTON HAMILTON COMPANY going out of style. Hear me out. Do what you do. Now what I’m going Awwww! BURR to say may sound BURR No way! indelicate . . . Alexander? BURR HAMILTON Goes and proposes What? HAMILTON A series of essays, anonymously published, his own form of Aaron Burr, sir. defending the document to the public. government! BURR BURR ANGELICA No one will read it. Of course. Don’t forget to write. HAMILTON HAMILTON ELIZA I disagree. Then defend it. Look at where you are. Look at where you started. BURR BURR The fact that you’re alive is a miracle. And if it fails? And what if you’re backing the wrong horse? Just stay alive, that would be enough. HAMILTON HAMILTON And if your wife could share a fraction of Burr, that’s why we need it. Burr, we studied and we fought and we killed your time, for the notion of a nation we now get to build. BURR if I could grant you peace of mind, For once in your life, take a stand with pride. would that be enough? The constitution’s a mess. I don’t understand how you stand to the side. HAMILTON BURR BURR Alexander joins forces with James Madison So it needs amendments. I’ll keep all my plans and to write a series of essays close to my chest. BURR defending the new Constitution, It’s full of contradictions. ENSEMBLE entitled . Wait for it, wait for The plan was to write a total of twenty-five HAMILTON it, wait… essays, the work divided evenly among the So is independence. I’ll wait here and see three men. In the end, they wrote eighty-five We have to start somewhere. which way the wind essays, in the span of six months. John Jay will blow. got sick after writing five. James Madison BURR I’m taking my time, Which way the wind wrote twenty-nine. Hamilton wrote the other No. No way. watching the will blow. fifty-one. HAMILTON afterbirth of a nation, I’m taking my BURR watching the tension time, watching the You’re making a mistake. How do you write grow. afterbirth of a nation, like you’re ALL WOMEN BURR watching the tension running out of time? Running out of time? Good night. grow. Write day and night HAMILTON ANGELICA I am sailing off to . I’m accompanied like you’re Hey. running out of time? running out of time? What are you waiting for? by someone What do you stall for? who always pays. I have found a wealthy husband who will keep BURR AND MEN BURR me in comfort for all my days. Ev’ry day you fight, What? He is not a lot of fun, but there’s no one who like you’re can match you for turn of phrase. running out of time, running out of time, HAMILTON My Alexander. like you’re We won the war. HAMILTON running out of time, running out of time, What was it all for? are you Do you support this constitution? Angelica. running out of time? Awwww! FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON) WASHINGTON HAMILTON How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive? To leave behind the world you know… Look around, look around at how lucky we are How do you write like you need it to survive? to be alive right now. How do you write ev’ry second you’re alive? HAMILTON Ev’ry second you’re alive? Ev’ry second Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or ELIZA you’re alive? State department? Helpless… WASHINGTON WASHINGTON HAMILTON They are asking me to lead. Treasury. They are asking me to lead. I am doing the best I can to get the people that I need, HAMILTON ELIZA I’m asking you to be my right hand man. Let’s go. Look around, isn’t this enough? HAMILTON ELIZA Treasury or State? Alexander… WASHINGTON HAMILTON I know it’s a lot to ask, I have to leave. HAMILTON ELIZA Treasury or State? Alexander– ANGELICA He will never be ELIZA satisfied, What would be enough he will never be satisfied, To be satisfied, satisfied, satisfied, WASHINGTON satisfied… satisfied… History has its BURR eyes… Why do you assume you’re the smartest in on… the room? Why do Look around, you! you assume you’re the smartest in the look around! ENSEMBLE room? Non- Why do stop! He will You assume you’re the never be satisfied, Isn’t this smartest in the room? Non- satisfied, enough? What would be enough? Soon that attitude’s stop! satisfied… WASH/MUL/ LAUR/LAF gonna History has its be your doom! Non- eyes... Why do you stop! fight on... like you’re you... running out of time? Non- Why do you Why do you fight like fight Why do you fight like stop! like history has its eyes on history has its eyes on history has its eyes on history has its eyes on history you… you… you… you… has its eyes on you… HAMILTON I am not throwin’ away my MEN shot! Just you wait! I am not throwin’ away my FULL COMPANY shot! Just you wait! I am Alexander Hamilton! Alexander Hamilton Hamilton, just you wait! I am not throwin’ away my shot!

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