ACT I

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING

 Jeffrey Seller Sander Jacobs Jill Furman
AND
The Public Theater
PRESENT

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

Lin-Manuel Miranda
INSPIRED BY THE BOOK ALEXANDER HAMILTON BY
Ron Chernow

WITH
Daveed Diggs  Renée Elise Goldsberry  Jonathan Groff  Christopher Jackson
Jasmine Cephas Jones  Lin-Manuel Miranda  Javier Muñoz  Leslie Odom, Jr.
Okieriete Onaodowan  Anthony Ramos  Phillipa Soo
AND
Carleigh Bettiol  Andrew Chappelle  Ariana DeBose  Alysha Deslorieux
Sydney James Harcourt  Neil Haskell  Sasha Hutchings  Thayne Jasperson
Stephanie Klemons  Morgan Marcell  Emmy Raver-Lampman
Jon Rua  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
HAIR AND WIG DESIGN MUSIC COORDINATOR PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Charles G. LaPointe Michael Keller Sam Rudy Media Relations
Michael Aarons
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER COMPANY MANAGER
Hudson Theatrical Associates J. Philip Bassett Brig Berney
CASTING ARRANGEMENTS GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Telsey + Company Alex Lacamoire Baseline Theatrical
Bethany Knox, CSA Lin-Manuel Miranda Andy Jones

MUSIC DIRECTION AND ORCHESTRATIONS BY

Alex Lacamoire
CHOREOGRAPHY BY

Andy Blankenbuehler
DIRECTED BY

Thomas Kail
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HAMILTON WAS PRESENTED IN NEW YORK IN FEBRUARY 2015 BY THE PUBLIC THEATER.
OSKAR EUSTIS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PATRICK WILLINGHAM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ACT I Disc 1
1. ALEXANDER HAMILTON
2. AARON BURR, SIR
3. MY SHOT
4. THE STORY OF TONIGHT
5. THE SCHUYLER SISTERS
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 DUEL 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. DEAR THEODOSIA
23. NON-STOP
Cast Orchestrations By.................................................................................................. ALEX LACAMOIRE
Alexander Hamilton .............................................................................. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Music Coordination........................................... MICHAEL KELLER AND MICHAEL AARONS
Eliza Hamilton.................................................................................................................. PHILLIPA SOO Synthesizer and Drum Programmer ............................................................  RANDY COHEN
Aaron Burr..................................................................................................................LESLIE ODOM, JR. Broadway Sound Effects by.......................................................................... NEVIN STEINBERG
Angelica Schuyler.............................................................................  RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY Ableton Programmer..................................................................................... SCOTT WASSERMAN
George Washington ............................................................................. CHRISTOPHER JACKSON Associate Synthesizer Programmer........................................................ TAYLOR WILLIAMS
Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson.................................................... DAVEED DIGGS Assistant Synthesizer Programmer ...................................................................JEREMY KING
Hercules Mulligan/James Madison .........................................  OKIERIETE ONAODOWAN Drum Samples and Additional Loop Editing .................................................WILL WELLS
John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.................................................................... ANTHONY RAMOS
Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds ................................................ 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
Charles Lee ................................................................................................................................... JON RUA Viola/Violin ....................................................................................................................  MARIO GOTOH
George Eacker ............................................................................................................ 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 Guitars/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 “QUESTLOVE” 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, BILL SHERMAN, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Recorded By.....................................................................DERIK LEE at AVATAR STUDIOS, NYC
and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK TROTTER for THE ROOTS 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 Piano 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
ACT I BURR
Well, the word got around, they said, “This
kid is insane, man”
for someone less
astute,
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?
for you. but just you wait!
You could BURR
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. New York City. 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 HAMILTON
BURR Yes!
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him. Yes.
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,
LAURENS I am the—
I’m John Laurens in the place to be!
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! A-l-e-x-a-n-d
Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till HAMILTON 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!” Essentially, they tax us relentlessly,
Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who’s the best? LAURENS MULLIGAN LAFAYETTE 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? so there will be a revolution in this century.
Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan, 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 prodigy 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
away my shot. away my shot. and I’m not throwing 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!
LAFAYETTE Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot,
I dream of life without a monarchy. I think your pants look hot, COMPANY
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/ When are these
LAURENS 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/
a memory LAFAYETTE/ LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
When’s it gonna get me? MULLIGAN I may not live to see our glory!
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me? We’re gonna ENSEMBLE
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!
laugh, reach for a flask, We’re gonna We’re gonna
we have to make this moment last, that’s
HAMILTON
rise up! And when our children tell our story...
plenty.
Rise up!
LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS
Scratch 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? Shot!
HAMILTON
I know the action in the street is excitin’, Let’s have another round tonight.
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 Philip Schuyler: 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.
guys at—
LAURENS ELIZA/PEGGY
Raise a glass to the four of us. COMPANY New York.
Work, work!
HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/ 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!
of tonight
ELIZA
Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
They’ll tell the story of- ELIZA
Eliza!
FULL ENSEMBLE ALL MEN
COMPANY She’s lookin’ for me!
Tonight
Work!
ANGELICA COMPANY
PEGGY Eliza, I’m lookin’ Work, work!
5. THE SCHUYLER Daddy said to be home 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 FULL COMPANY
But your perfume smells like your daddy’s History is happening in Manhattan and we
just happen to be in the greatest city in the Look around, look around at how lucky we are
got money. to be alive right now!
Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels world!
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
BURR Cuz I’ve been Look around, Hey! Hey! Hey! ALL MEN
reading look around Hey! In the greatest city-
Ah, so you’ve discussed me.
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
Oh my God. Tear this dude apart. I pray the king shows A message from the King!
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 arrangement 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
harbor. Thirty-two thousand Here comes the General!
You say our love is draining and you can’t
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… The moment you’ve been waiting for!
HAMILTON
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 Mount Vernon!
for your praise, LAFAYETTE
and I’ll love you till my dying days. Rise up!
When you’re gone ENSEMBLE
I’ll go mad, Here comes the general!
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 George Washington!
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 once, 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
but the elephant is in the room, Your excellency, sir!
MULLIGAN COMPANY
the truth is in ya face when ya hear the British Shh-boom! Boom!
cannons go... WASHINGTON
Who are you?
ENSEMBLE WASHINGTON
Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit BURR
Boom! spray and... Aaron Burr, Sir?
WASHINGTON Permission to state my case?
Any hope of success is fleeting,
COMPANY
Boom! WASHINGTON
how can I keep leading when the people I’m
leading keep retreating? As you were.
WASHINGTON
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips BURR
take Brooklyn, 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? I think that I could be of some assistance.
WASHINGTON 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
COMPANY suggestions
Incoming! on how to fight instead of fleeing west.
Boom!
HAMILTON WASHINGTON
They’re battering down the Battery WASHINGTON
check the damages. We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford Yes?
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. the element Whoa, whoa,
HAMILTON of surprise. Chicka-boom! whoa…
Have I done something wrong, sir? HAMILTON
Why are you telling me this? I’ll rise above
WASHINGTON
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 WASHINGTON LAUR/LAF/MULL

Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, of What?
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 helpless!
What? Ladies!
Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em.
ENSEMBLE BURR ELIZA
Here comes the General! Looks! Proximity to power.
I have never been the type to try and grab
ALL MEN the spotlight.
SCHUYLER We were at a revel with some rebels on a
SISTERS AND Ladies!
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
Martha Washington named her feral tomcat then you walked in and my heart went
What? “Boom!”
after him!
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
Washington hires Hamilton right on sight, Then you look back at
But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write.
HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL me and suddenly I’m
Now Hamilton’s skill with a quill is undeniable
WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA) Helpless! Helpless!
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 and dine All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain,
Then by all means, lead the way. a couple of college credits and my top-notch
and I’m tryin’ not to
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?
The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA) ANGELICA
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? At least my dear Eliza’s his wife;
Helpless…
at least I keep his eyes in my life…
ANGELICA
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 He’s after me cuz I’m a Schuyler sister.
(EXCEPT
And her eyes are just… To the groom! ELIZA)
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 You will never be satisfied. To the bride! To the bride!
And I realize
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 HAMILTON
by your side. MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
I may not live to see our glory! Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr.
By your side.
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, BURR
And I know MEN LAURENS/MULLIGAN
Hey! I see the whole gang is here.
Be satisfied. 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.
Be satisfied. Ho!
HAMILTON
ANGELICA MULLIGAN Yes, I do.
He will never be satisfied. To the newly not poor of us!
I will never be satisfied.
BURR
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 fire 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. preacher
Is that so? 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
Theodosia writes me a letter ev’ry day. instructions.
Leave us alone. Just a legacy
I’m keeping her bed warm while her husband
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
then I’m willing to wait for it. Wait for it
HAMILTON 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 and we make our
BURR 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 Wait for it… MEN
I am inimitable
Wait for it….
I am an original ENSEMBLE Wait for it...
Time Wait for it…
ENSEMBLE 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
for it. for it HAMILTON
ENSEMBLE 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
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the “Sir, entrust me with a command,” WASHINGTON
fight. and ev’ry day, I’m sorry, is this not your speed?!
Hamilton!
WASHINGTON WASHINGTON
Outrun. No. HAMILTON
Ready, sir!
HAMILTON HAMILTON
Outrun. He dismisses me out of hand. WASHINGTON
Have Lafayette take the lead!
WASHINGTON ELIZA/
Outlast. HAMILTON ANGELICA HAMILTON
Instead of me, Stay alive… Yes, sir!
HAMILTON he promotes LEE
Outlast. Charles Lee. Charles Lee.
LAURENS
A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree
WASHINGTON Makes him heat.
Hit ‘em quick, get out fast. second-in-
command: LAFAYETTE
HAMILTON LEE As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of
Chick-a-plao! defeat.
I’m a General. Whee!!!!
WASHINGTON HAMILTON HAMILTON
Stay alive ‘til this horror show is past. 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 HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE listen:
Raise a glass!
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth. 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
15. TEN DUEL COMPANY Alexander.
Most disputes die, and no one shoots.
COMMANDMENTS Number four! HAMILTON
MEN Aaron Burr, sir.
LAURENS
One, two, three, four If they don’t reach a peace, that’s alright. BURR
Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site. Can we agree that duels are dumb and
FULL COMPANY
Five, six, seven, eight, nine… immature?
HAMILTON
You pay him in advance, you treat him with HAMILTON
BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEE civility.
It’s the Ten Duel Commandments. 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 grant 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. An immigrant you know and love who’s
HAMILTON 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
ELIZA British henchmen.
And if this child Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite
A month or so.
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.
No. your mind.
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— The world will never be the same, Alexander…
LAFAYETTE
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- Whoa…
LAFAYETTE into the Yeah
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench. letter but the
ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean— sooner WASHINGTON
the better to Hamilton, Hamilton, Let me tell you what I wish I’d known
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY 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
HAMILTON ENSEMBLE brav’ry.
‘Til the world turns upside down!
Monsieur Lafayette. HAMILTON/LAURENS
LAFAYETTE HAMILTON We’ll never be free until we end slavery!
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.
COMPANY KING GEORGE
And as our fallen foes retreat, They say
Up 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 Sons of Liberty 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 red 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
Why do you assume you’re the smartest in
HAMILTON 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. time.
of 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
and Bright young man… HAMILTON
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! persuasive.
HAMILTON My client needs a strong defense. You’re the
Throwing verbal rocks 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
BURR No.
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.
Now what I’m going Awwww! Do what you do.
to say may sound
BURR
indelicate . . . BURR No way!
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. if I could grant you peace of mind,
BURR 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 John Jay to write a series of essays
close to my chest. defending the new United States Constitution,
BURR
It’s full of contradictions. ENSEMBLE entitled The Federalist Papers.
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.
afterbirth of a nation, I’m taking my BURR
HAMILTON 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.
ANGELICA Write day and night
HAMILTON like you’re
Hey. I am sailing off to London. I’m accompanied
by someone running out of time? running out of time?
What are you waiting for?
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. running out of time, running out of time,
What was it all for? HAMILTON 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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