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Act I

• "Alexander Hamilton" – Burr, Laurens, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Eliza, Washington, and Company

• "Aaron Burr, Sir" – Hamilton, Burr, Laurens, Lafayette, and Mulligan

• "My Shot" – Hamilton, Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan, Burr, and Company

• "The Story of Tonight" – Hamilton, Laurens, Mulligan, Lafayette, and Company

• "The Schuyler Sisters" – Angelica, Eliza, Peggy, Burr, and Company

• "Farmer Refuted" – Seabury, Hamilton, Burr, and Company

• "You'll Be Back" – King George III and Company

• "Redcoats Interlude" - Hamilton and Company

• "Right Hand Man" – Washington, Hamilton, Burr, and Company

• "Ladies Interlude" – Burr, Hamilton, and Company

• "Helpless" – Eliza and Company

• "Satisfied" – Angelica and Company

• "The Story of Tonight" (reprise) – Laurens, Mulligan, Lafayette, Hamilton, and Burr

• "Wait for It" – Burr and Company

• "Hamilton Interlude" - Hamilton

• "Stay Alive" – Hamilton, Washington, Laurens, Lafayette, Mulligan, Lee, Eliza, Angelica, and Company

• "Ten Duel Commandments" – Laurens, Hamilton, Lee, Burr, and Company

• "Meet Me Inside" – Hamilton, Burr, Laurens, Washington, and Company

• "That Would Be Enough" – Eliza and Hamilton

• "Guns and Ships" – Burr, Lafayette, Washington, and Company

• "History Has Its Eyes on You" – Washington, Hamilton, and Company

• "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" – Hamilton, Lafayette, Laurens, Mulligan, Washington, and Company

• "What Comes Next?" – King George III

• "Dear Theodosia" – Burr and Hamilton

• "Laurens Interlude" – Laurens, Eliza, and Hamilton

• "Non-Stop" – Burr, Hamilton, Angelica, Eliza, Washington, and Company

Act II

• "What'd I Miss?" – Jefferson, Burr, Madison, Hamilton, Washington, and Company

• "Burr Interlude" - Burr and Company

• "Cabinet Battle #1" – Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison*

• "Take a Break" – Eliza, Philip, Hamilton, and Angelica

• "Say No to This" – Maria Reynolds, Burr, Hamilton, James Reynolds, and Company

• "The Room Where It Happens" – Burr, Hamilton, Jefferson, Madison, and Company

• "Schuyler Defeated" – Philip, Eliza, Hamilton, and Burr*

• "Let It Go" - Eliza and Hamilton

• "Cabinet Battle #2" – Washington, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison*

• "Washington on Your Side" – Burr, Jefferson, Madison, and Company

• "One Last Time" – Washington, Hamilton, and Company

• "I Know Him" – King George III

• "The Adams Administration" – Burr, Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and Company*

• "We Know" – Hamilton, Jefferson, Burr, and Madison

• "I Have This Friend" Hamilton, Washington, and Company

• "Cabinet Battle #3" Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison

• "Hurricane" – Hamilton and Company

• "The Reynolds Pamphlet" (part I, part II after "Congratulations") – Jefferson, Madison, Burr, Hamilton, Angelica, James Reynolds, and Company

• "Congratulations" - Angelica and Hamilton

• "Burn" – Eliza

• "Blow Us All Away" – Philip, Martha, Dolly, Eacker, Hamilton, and Company

• "Stay Alive" (reprise) – Hamilton, Philip, Eliza, and Company

• "It's Quiet Uptown" – Angelica, Hamilton, Eliza, and Company

• "Dear Theodosia" (reprise) - Burr

• "The Election of 1800" – Jefferson, Madison, Burr, Hamilton, and Company

• "Your Obedient Servant" – Burr, Hamilton, and Company

• "Eliza Interlude" – Eliza and Hamilton

• "The World Was Wide Enough" – Burr, Hamilton, and Company

• "Eliza Interlude #2" - Eliza

• "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" – Eliza and Company

Act 1

Scene 1

“Alexander Hamilton” begins

[AARON BURR]

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a

Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten

Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor

Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?

[JOHN LAURENS]

The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father

Got a lot farther by working a lot harder

By being a lot smarter

By being a self-starter

By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter

[THOMAS JEFFERSON]

And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted

Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up

Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of

The brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter

[JAMES MADISON]

Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned

Our man saw his future drip, dripping down the drain

Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to his brain

And he wrote his first refrain, a testament to his pain

[BURR]

Well, the word got around, they said, “This kid is insane, man”

Took up a collection just to send him to the mainland

“Get your education, don’t forget from whence you came, and

The world's gonna know your name. What’s your name, man?”

[ALEXANDER HAMILTON]

Alexander Hamilton

My name is Alexander Hamilton

And there's a million things I haven't done

But just you wait, just you wait...

[ELIZA HAMILTON]

When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden

Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden

Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick

[FULL COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON (whispering)]

And Alex got better but his mother went quick

[GEORGE WASHINGTON & COMPANY, BOTH]

Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide

Left him with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside

A voice saying

“Alex, you gotta fend for yourself.”

He started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf

[BURR & COMPANY, BOTH]

There would have been nothin’ left to do

For someone less astute

He woulda been dead or destitute

Without a cent of restitution

Started workin', clerkin' for his late mother's landlord

Tradin’ sugar cane and rum and all the things he can’t afford

Scammin' for every book he can get his hands on

Plannin' for the future see him now as he stands on (ooh)

The bow of a ship headed for a new land

In New York you can be a new man

[COMPANY & HAMILTON, WOMEN, MEN]

In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York you can be a new man (Just you wait)

In New York you can be a new man

In New York, New York

Just you wait!

[COMPANY]

Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)

You could never back down

You never learned to take your time!

Oh, Alexander Hamilton (Alexander Hamilton)

When America sings for you

Will they know what you overcame?

Will they know you rewrote the game?

The world will never be the same, oh

[BURR, MEN, & COMPANY]

The ship is in the harbor now

See if you can spot him

Just you wait

Another immigrant

Comin’ up from the bottom

Just you wait

His enemies destroyed his rep

America forgot him

MULLIGAN & LAFAYETTE

We fought with him!

LAURENS & PHILLP

Me? I died for him!

WASHINGTON

Me? I trusted him!

ELIZA & ANGELICA & PEGGY

Me? I loved him!

BURR

And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him!

[COMPANY]

There's a million things I haven’t done

But just you wait!

BURR

What's your name, man?

[COMPANY]

Alexander Hamilton

Scene 2

“Aaron Burr, Sir / My Shot” begins

[COMPANY]

1776. New York City

[HAMILTON]

Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?

[BURR]

That depends. Who’s asking?

[HAMILTON]

Oh, well, sure, sir

I’m Alexander Hamilton, I’m at your service, sir

I have been looking for you

[BURR]

I’m getting nervous

[HAMILTON]

Sir…

I heard your name at Princeton. I was seeking an accelerated course of study when I got sort of out of sorts with a buddy of yours. I may have punched him. It’s a blur, sir. He handles the financials?

[BURR]

You punched the bursar

[HAMILTON]

Yes!

I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two, then join the revolution. He looked at me like I was stupid, I’m not stupid

So how’d you do it? How’d you graduate so fast?

[BURR]

It was my parents’ dying wish before they passed

[HAMILTON]

You’re an orphan. Of course! I’m an orphan

God, I wish there was a war!

Then we could prove that we’re worth more

Than anyone bargained for…

[BURR]

Can I buy you a drink?

[HAMILTON]

That would be nice

[BURR]

While we’re talking, let me offer you some free advice

Talk less

[HAMILTON]

What?

[BURR]

Smile more

[HAMILTON]

Ha

[BURR]

Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for

[HAMILTON]

You can’t be serious

[BURR]

You wanna get ahead?

[HAMILTON]

Yes

[BURR]

Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead

[LAURENS]

Yo yo yo yo yo!

What time is it?

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

Show time!

[BURR]

Like I said…

[LAURENS]

Show time! Show time! Yo!

I’m John Laurens in the place to be!

Two pints o’ Sam Adams, but I’m workin’ on three, uh!

Those redcoats don’t want it with me!

Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till I’m free!

[LAFAYETTE]

Oui oui, mon ami, je m’appelle Lafayette!

The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!

I came from afar just to say “Bonsoir!”

Tell the King “Casse toi!” Who’s the best?

C’est moi!

[MULLIGAN]

Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan

Up in it, lovin’ it, yes I heard ya mother said “Come again?”

[LAFAYETTE & LAURENS]

Ayyyyy

[MULLIGAN]

Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course

It’s hard to have intercourse over four sets of corsets…

[LAFAYETTE]

Wow

[LAURENS]

No more sex, pour me another brew, son!

Let’s raise a couple more…

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

To the revolution!

[LAURENS]

Well, if it ain’t the prodigy of Princeton college!

[MULLIGAN]

Aaron Burr!

[LAURENS]

Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

[BURR]

Good luck with that: you’re takin’ a stand

You spit. I’m ‘a sit. We’ll see where we land

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

Boooo!

[LAURENS]

Burr, the revolution’s imminent. What do you stall for?

[HAMILTON]

If you stand for nothing, Burr, what’ll you fall for?

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

Ooh

Who you?

Who you?

Who are you?

Ooh, who is this kid? What’s he gonna do?

[HAMILTON]

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am not throwing away my shot!

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot!

I'ma get a scholarship to King's College

I prob'ly shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish

The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish

I gotta holler just to be heard

With every word, I drop knowledge!

I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal

Tryin' to reach my goal. My power of speech: unimpeachable

Only nineteen but my mind is older

These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder

Ev'ry burden, ev'ry disadvantage

I have learned to manage, I don't have a gun to brandish

I walk these streets famished

The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

But damn, it's getting dark, so let me spell out the name

I am the—

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]

A-L-E-X-A-N-D-E-R—we are—meant to be…

[HAMILTON]

A colony that runs independently

Meanwhile, Britain keeps shittin' on us endlessly

Essentially, they tax us relentlessly

Then King George turns around, runs a spending spree

He ain't ever gonna set his descendants free

So there will be a revolution in this century

Enter me!

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]

(He says in parentheses)

[HAMILTON]

Don't be shocked when your hist'ry book mentions me

I will lay down my life if it sets us free

Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy

[HAMILTON & LAURENS]

And I am not throwing away

My shot (my shot)

I am not throwing away

My shot (my shot)

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot

And I'm not throwing away my shot

[HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]

I am not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot

It's time to take a shot!

[LAFAYETTE]

I dream of life without a monarchy

The unrest in France will lead to 'onarchy?

'Onarchy? How you say, how you say, 'anarchy?'

When I fight, I make the other side panicky

With my—

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

Shot!

[MULLIGAN]

Yo, I'm a tailor's apprentice

And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis

I'm joining the rebellion 'cause I know it's my chance

To socially advance, instead of sewin' some pants!

I'm gonna take a—

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

Shot!

[LAURENS]

But we'll never be truly free

Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me

You and I. Do or die. Wait till I sally in

On a stallion with the first black battalion

Have another—

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

Shot!

[BURR]

Geniuses, lower your voices

You keep out of trouble and you double your choices

I'm with you, but the situation is fraught

You've got to be carefully taught:

If you talk, you're gonna get shot!

[HAMILTON]

Burr, check what we got

Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot

I think your pants look hot

Laurens, I like you a lot

Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin' the pot...

What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot

Poppin' a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not

A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?

Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!

Oh, am I talkin' too loud?

Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at the mouth

I never had a group of friends before

I promise that I'll make y'all proud

[LAURENS]

Let's get this guy in front of a crowd

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/ENSEMBLE]

I am not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot

[LAURENS & HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

Ev'rybody sing:

Whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa)

Hey!

Whoa (Whoa)

Woo!

Whoa! (Whoa)

Said let 'em hear ya! (Yea)

Let's go!

[LAURENS & COMPANY]

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

I said shout it to the rooftops!

Whoa!

Said, to the rooftops!

Whoa!

Come on!

Yea

Come on, let's go!

[LAURENS]

Rise up!

When you're living on your knees, you rise up

Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up

Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up

[LAURENS AND ENSEMBLE & COMPANY]

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Whoa

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Whoa

When are these colonies gonna rise up?

Whoa

Rise up! (Rise up!)

[HAMILTON]

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

When's it gonna get me?

In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?

If I see it comin', do I run or do I let it be?

Is it like a beat without a melody?

See, I never thought I'd live past twenty

Where I come from some get half as many

Ask anybody why we livin' fast and we laugh, reach for a flask

We have to make this moment last, that's plenty

Scratch that

This is not a moment, it's the movement

Where all the hungriest brothers with

Something to prove went?

Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand

We roll like Moses, claimin' our promised land

And? If we win our independence?

Is that a guarantee of freedom for our descendants?

Or will the blood we shed begin an endless

Cycle of vengeance and death with no defendants?

I know the action in the street is excitin'

But Jesus, between all the bleedin' 'n fightin'

I've been readin' 'n writin'

We need to handle our financial situation

Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?

I'm past patiently waitin'

I'm passionately smashin' every expectation

Every action's an act of creation!

I'm laughin' in the face of casualties and sorrow

For the first time, I'm thinkin' past tomorrow

[HAMILTON AND COMPANY]

And I am not throwing away my shot

I am not throwing away my shot

Hey yo, I'm just like my country

I'm young, scrappy and hungry

And I'm not throwing away my shot

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN & ENSEMBLE]

We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!

Not throwing away my shot

We're gonna rise up! Time to take a shot!

Not throwing away my shot

We're gonna

We're gonna

[HAMILTON & ENSEMBLE]

Time to take a shot! (Rise up)

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/MULLIGAN & ENSEMBLE]

Time to take a shot! (Rise up)

Time to take a shot! (Rise up)

Take a shot! Ri— ri— ri—

Shot!

Shot!

A-yo it's

Time to take a shot! (Time to take a shot!)

Time to take a shot! (Time to take a shot!)

And I am— (And I am)

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]

Not throwin' away my—

[COMPANY]

Not throwin' away my shot!

“My Shot” (tag) begins

[COMPANY]

Whoa, whoa, whoa (whoa, whoa, whoa)

Whoa (Whoa)

Whoa! (Whoa)

(Yea)

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa!

Whoa!

Yea

“The Story of Tonight” begins

[HAMILTON]

I may not live to see our glory!

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]

I may not live to see our glory!

[HAMILTON]

But I will gladly join the fight!

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]

But I will gladly join the fight!

[HAMILTON]

And when our children tell our story…

[LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/LAURENS]

And when our children tell our story…

[HAMILTON]

They’ll tell the story of tonight

[MULLIGAN]

Let’s have another round tonight

[LAFAYETTE]

Let’s have another round tonight

[HAMILTON]

Let’s have another round tonight

[LAURENS]

Raise a glass to freedom

Something they can never take away

No matter what they tell you

Raise a glass to the four of us

[LAURENS/MULLIGAN]

Tomorrow there’ll be more of us

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

Telling the story of tonight

[HAMILTON]

They’ll tell the story of tonight

[LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

Raise a glass to freedom

Something they can never take away

[HAMILTON]

No matter what they tell you

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

Let’s have another round tonight

[LAURENS]

Raise a glass to the four of us

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

Tomorrow there’ll be more of us

[HAMILTON/LAURENS]

Telling the story of tonight

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

Let’s have another round tonight

[HAMILTON/LAURENS/

ENSEMBLE & MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/ENSEMBLE]

They’ll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They’ll tell the story of tonight

Raise a glass to freedom

They’ll tell the story of tonight

They'll tell the story of—

[FULL ENSEMBLE]

Tonight

Scene Three

“The Schuyler Sisters” begins

[BURR]

There’s nothing rich folks love more

Than going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor

They pull up in their carriages and gawk

At the students in the common

Just to watch them talk

Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded

Uh-oh, but little does he know that

His daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Eliza

Sneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—

[COMPANY]

Work, work!

[ANGELICA]

Angelica!

[COMPANY]

Work, work!

[ELIZA]

Eliza!

[PEGGY]

And Peggy!

[COMPANY]

Work, work!

The Schuyler sisters!

[ANGELICA]

Angelica!

[PEGGY]

Peggy!

[ELIZA]

Eliza!

[COMPANY]

Work!

[PEGGY]

Daddy said to be home by sundown

[ANGELICA]

Daddy doesn’t need to know

[PEGGY]

Daddy said not to go downtown

[ELIZA]

Like I said, you’re free to go

[ANGELICA]

But—look around, look around, the

Revolution’s happening in New York

[ELIZA/PEGGY]

New York

[COMPANY]

Angelica

[SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY]

Work!

[PEGGY]

It’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war

[ELIZA]

People shouting in the square

[PEGGY]

It’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore

[ANGELICA]

New ideas in the air

[ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE]

Look around, look around—

[ELIZA]

Angelica, remind me what we’re looking for…

[ALL MEN]

She’s lookin’ for me!

[ANGELICA & COMPANY]

Eliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work (work, work)

I’m lookin’ for a mind at work! (work, work)

I’m lookin’ for a mind at work! (work, work)

Whooaaaaa!

[ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY with COMPANY]

Whooaaaaa!

Work!

[BURR]

Wooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city

Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty

Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funny

But your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money

Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heels

You searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?

[ANGELICA]

Burr, you disgust me

[BURR]

Ah, so you’ve discussed me

I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!

[ANGELICA]

I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine

So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane

You want a revolution? I want a revelation

So listen to my declaration:

[ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY]

“We hold these truths to be self-evident

That all men are created equal”

[ANGELICA]

And when I meet Thomas Jefferson

[COMPANY]

Unh!

[ANGELICA]

I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!

[WOMEN]

Work!

[ELIZA]

Look around, look around at how

Lucky we are to be alive right now!

[ELIZA/PEGGY]

Look around, look around at how

Lucky we are to be alive right now!

[ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY]

History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be

In the greatest city in the world!

[SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY]

In the greatest city in the world!

[ANGELICA, ELIZA/PEGGY & MEN]

Cuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Look around, look around

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane

The revolution's happening in—

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

[ANGELICA, ELIZA/PEGGY, WOMEN]

You want a revolution? I want a revelation

New York!

Look around, look around, the revolution's happening

In New York!

So listen to my declaration:

[ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY, FEMALE ENSEMBLE, & WOMEN]

We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal

Look around, look around

Hey, hey, hey, hey

Whoo!

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

Hey, hey, hey, hey

[FULL COMPANY]

Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!

History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be

[ALL WOMEN]

In the greatest city in the world

[ALL MEN]

In the greatest city—

[COMPANY]

In the greatest city in the world!

[COMPANY & ANGELICA]

Work, work! Angelica

[COMPANY, ELIZA, & PEGGY]

Work, work! Eliza

And Peggy!

[COMPANY & ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGY]

Work, work!

The Schuyler sisters

Work, work

We're looking for a mind at work

Work, work (hey)

Work, work (hey)

Work, work

[COMPANY, ANGELICA, & ELIZA/PEGGY]

Work, work

Whoa!

Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

Work, work

In the greatest city in the world

In the greatest city in the world

[COMPANY]

In the greatest city in the world

“Farmer Refuted” begins

[SEABURY]

Hear ye, hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury

And I present “Free Thoughts on the

Proceedings of the Continental Congress!”

Heed not the rabble who scream revolution

They have not your interests at heart

[MULLIGAN]

Oh my God. Tear this dude apart

[SEABURY]

Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution

Don’t let them lead you astray

This Congress does not speak for me

[BURR]

Let him be

[SEABURY]

They’re playing a dangerous game

I pray the king shows you his mercy

For shame, for shame…

[HAMILTON & SEABURY]

Yo!

He'd have you all unravel at the sound of screams

But the Revolution is comin'

The have-nots are gonna win this

It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

Heed not the rabble who scream Revolution

They have not your interests at heart

Chaos and bloodshed already haunt us, honestly you shouldn't even talk

And what about Boston? Look at the cost

N' all that we've lost n' you talk about Congress?!

Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution

Don't let them lead you astray

This Congress does not speak for me

My dog speaks more eloquently than thee

They're playing a dangerous game

But strangely, your mange is the same

I pray the king shows you his mercy

Is he in Jersey?

For shame

For the Revolution

For shame!

[COMPANY]

For the revolution!

[SEABURY]

Heed—

[HAMILTON]

If you repeat yourself again I’m gonna—

[SEABURY/HAMILTON]

Scream—

[HAMILTON]

Honestly, look at me, please don’t read!

[SEABURY]

Not your interests—

[HAMILTON]

Don’t modulate the key then not debate with me!

Why should a tiny island across the sea regulate the price of tea?

[BURR]

Alexander, please!

[HAMILTON]

Burr, I’d rather be divisive than indecisive, drop the niceties

[ENSEMBLE]

Silence! A message from the King!

A message from the King!

[FULL COMPANY]

A message from the King!

“You’ll Be Back” begins

[KING GEORGE]

You say

The price of my love’s not a price that you’re willing to pay

You cry

In your tea which you hurl in the sea when you see me go by

Why so sad?

Remember we made an arrangement when you went away

Now you’re making me mad

Remember, despite our estrangement, I’m your man

You’ll be back, soon you’ll see

You’ll remember you belong to me

You’ll be back, time will tell

You’ll remember that I served you well

Oceans rise, empires fall

We have seen each other through it all

And when push comes to shove

I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da…

You say our love is draining and you can’t go on

You’ll be the one complaining when I am gone...

And no, don’t change the subject

Cuz you’re my favorite subject

My sweet, submissive subject

My loyal, royal subject

Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever…

You’ll be back like before

I will fight the fight and win the war

For your love, for your praise

And I’ll love you till my dying days

When you’re gone, I’ll go mad

So don’t throw away this thing we had

Cuz when push comes to shove

I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat—

Everybody!

[KING GEORGE & FULL ENSEMBLE]

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da

Da da dat dat da ya da!

Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da

Dat dat da ya da!

Scene Four

“Right Hand Man” begins

[HAMILTON]

Now I can write a revolutionary screed until my fingers bleed

But action’s gonna bring us what we need

[ENSEMBLE]

Yes indeed

[HAMILTON]

Tonight we plant a revolutionary seed

And watch it twist and weave and grow

Until we choke out every weed

[ENSEMBLE]

Yes indeed

[HAMILTON]

Let’s grab those cannons with our legendary speed

Keep in step with me, the leader of this gang, are we agreed?

[ENSEMBLE]

Yes indeed

[HAMILTON]

Stick with me

[ENSEMBLE]

Yes indeed

[HAMILTON]

Til we’re free

[ENSEMBLE]

Yes indeed

[HAMILTON]

Say goodbye to the life you used to lead

[COMPANY]

British Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

[ENSEMBLE 1 & ENSEMBLE 2]

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor

When they surround our troops!

They surround our troops!

They surround our troops!

They surround our troops!

When they surround our troops!

[HAMILTON]

As a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war

I knew that I was poor

I knew it was the only way to—

[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]

Rise up!

[HAMILTON]

If they tell my story

I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or—

[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]

Rise up!

[HAMILTON]

I will fight for this land

But there’s only one man

Who can give us a command so we can—

[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]

Rise up!

[HAMILTON]

Understand? It’s the only way to—

[HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]

Rise up! Rise up!

[HAMILTON]

Here he comes!

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[BURR]

Ladies and gentlemen!

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[BURR]

The moment you’ve been waiting for!

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[BURR]

The pride of Mount Vernon!

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[BURR]

George Washington!

[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE]

We are outgunned (What?)

Outmanned (What?)

Outnumbered

Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

We gotta make an all out stand

Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man

(Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

[WASHINGTON]

Check it—

Can I be real a second?

For just a millisecond?

Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?

Now I’m the model of a modern major general

The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all

Lining up, to put me up on a pedestal

Writin’ letters to relatives

Embellishin’ my elegance and eloquence

But the elephant is in the room

The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go…

[ENSEMBLE]

Boom!

[WASHINGTON]

Any hope of success is fleeting

How can I keep leading when the people I’m

Leading keep retreating?

We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn

Knight takes rook, but look

[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE]

We are outgunned (What?)

Outmanned (What?)

Outnumbered

Outplanned (Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

We gotta make an all out stand

Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man

(Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck!)

Incoming!

[HAMILTON]

They’re battering down the Battery check the damages

[MULLIGAN]

Rah!

[HAMILTON]

We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages

[MULLIGAN]

Rah!

[HAMILTON]

Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us

Hamilton won’t abandon ship

Yo, let’s steal their cannons—

[MULLIGAN & COMPANY]

Shh-boom! (Boom!)

[WASHINGTON]

Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and…

[COMPANY]

Boom!

[WASHINGTON]

Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and…

[COMPANY]

Boom!

[WASHINGTON]

There’s another ship and…

[COMPANY]

Boom!

[WASHINGTON]

We just lost the southern tip and…

[COMPANY]

Boom!

[WASHINGTON]

We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip

Guns and horses giddyup

I decide to divvy up

My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up

This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny

I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:

Are these the men with which I am to defend America?

We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance

I cannot be everywhere at once, people

I’m in dire need of assistance…

[BURR]

Your excellency, sir!

[WASHINGTON]

Who are you?

[BURR]

Aaron Burr, Sir?

Permission to state my case?

[WASHINGTON]

As you were

[BURR]

Sir

I was a captain under General Montgomery

Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec

And well, in summary

I think that I could be of some assistance

I admire how you keep firing on the British

From a distance

[WASHINGTON]

Huh

[BURR]

I have some questions, a couple of suggestions on how to fight instead of fleeing west

[WASHINGTON]

Yes?

[BURR]

Well—

[HAMILTON]

Your excellency, you wanted to see me?

[WASHINGTON]

Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?

[HAMILTON]

Yes, sir

[HAMILTON & BURR]

We keep meeting

[BURR]

As I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out

[WASHINGTON]

Burr?

[BURR]

Sir?

[WASHINGTON]

Close the door on your way out

(Burr exits)

[HAMILTON]

Have I done something wrong, sir?

[WASHINGTON]

On the contrary

I called you here because our odds are beyond scary

Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh

[HAMILTON]

Sir?

[WASHINGTON]

Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?

[HAMILTON]

Sir!

[WASHINGTON]

Don’t get me wrong, you’re a young man of great renown

I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown

Nathaniel Green and Henry Knox wanted to hire you…

[HAMILTON]

To be their Secretary? I don’t think so

[WASHINGTON]

Why’re you upset?

[HAMILTON]

I’m not—

[WASHINGTON]

It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger

I was just like you when I was younger

Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?

[HAMILTON]

Yes

[WASHINGTON]

Dying is easy, young man. Living is harder

[HAMILTON]

Why are you telling me this?

[WASHINGTON]

I’m being honest

I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised

We are a powder keg about to explode

I need someone like you to lighten the load. So?

[COMPANY EXCEPT HAMILTON]

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

Ayo, I’m just like my country, I’m young

Scrappy and hungry!

[HAMILTON]

I am not throwing away my shot!

[WASHINGTON]

Son

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

We are outgunned, outmanned!

[HAMILTON]

You need all the help you can get

I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan

Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

Outnumbered, outplanned!

[HAMILTON]

We’ll need some spies on the inside

Some King’s men who might let some things slide

[HAMILTON, COMPANY & ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY/WOMEN]

Boom!

Whoa, whoa, whoa

I’ll write to Congress and tell ‘em we need supplies, you rally the guys,

Master the element of surprise

Chicka-boom!

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

I'll rise above my station, organize your information

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

'Til we rise to the occasion of our new nation. Sir!

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON]

Rise up!

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

What?

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON/SCHUYLER SISTERS/WOMEN]

Rise up!

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

What?

[ENSEMBLE]

Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON/SCHUYLER SISTERS]

Rise up!

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN]

What?

[COMPANY]

Here comes the General!

[HAMILTON]

What?

[WASHINGTON]

And his right hand man!

[COMPANY]

Boom!

Scene Five

“A Winter’s Ball / Helpless” begins

[Burr]

How does the bastard, orphan, son of a whore

Go on and on

Grow into more of a phenomenon?

Watch this obnoxious, arrogant, loudmouth bother

Be seated at the right hand of the father

Washington hires Hamilton right on sight

But Hamilton still wants to fight, not write

Now Hamilton’s skill with a quill is undeniable

But what do we have in common? We’re

Reliable with the

[All Men]

Ladies!

[Burr]

There are so many to deflower!

[All Men]

Ladies!

[Burr]

Looks! Proximity to power

[All Men]

Ladies!

[Burr]

They delighted and distracted him

Martha Washington named her feral tomcat after him!

[Hamilton]

That’s true!

[Full Company]

1780

[Burr]

A winter’s ball

And the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all

Yo, if you can marry a sister, you’re rich, son

[Hamilton]

Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?

[Hamilton/Burr/Laurens]

Hey

Hey

Hey hey

[HAMILTON/BURR/LAURENS/ALL WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA)]

Hey hey hey hey

[ELIZA]

Ohh, I do I do I do I

Dooo! Hey!

Ohh, I do I do I do I

Dooo! Boy you got me [ALL WOMEN]

Hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey hey

Hey hey hey

[ELIZA AND WOMEN]

Helpless!

Look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit I’m helpless!

Down for the count, and I’m drownin’ in ‘em

[ELIZA]

I have never been the type to try and grab the spotlight

We were at a revel with some rebels on a hot night

Laughin’ at my sister as she’s dazzling the room

Then you walked in and my heart went “Boom!”

Tryin’ to catch your eye from the side of the ballroom

Everybody’s dancin’ and the band’s top volume

[ELIZA AND WOMEN]

Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine

[ELIZA]

Grab my sister, and

Whisper, “Yo, this

One’s mine.”

My sister made her way across the room to you

And I got nervous, thinking “What’s she gonna do?”

She grabbed you by the arm, I’m thinkin’ “I’m through”

Then you look back at me and suddenly I’m

Helpless!

Oh, look at those eyes

Oh!

Yeah, I’m

Helpless, I know

I’m so into you

I am so into you

I know I’m down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

[ALL WOMEN]

Oooh

Oooh

Oooh

Oooh

Helpless!

Look into your eyes

And the sky’s the limit

I’m

Helpless!

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in ‘em

I’m helpless!

Look into your eyes

And the sky’s the limit I’m helpless!

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

[HAMILTON]

Where are you taking me?

[ANGELICA]

I’m about to change your life

[HAMILTON]

Then by all means, lead the way

[ELIZA]

Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you

[HAMILTON]

Schuyler?

[ANGELICA]

My sister

[ELIZA]

Thank you for all your service

[HAMILTON]

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

[ANGELICA]

I’ll leave you to it

[ELIZA AND WOMEN]

One week later

[ELIZA]

I’m writin’ a letter nightly

Now my life gets better, every letter that you write me

Laughin’ at my sister, cuz she wants to form a harem

[ANGELICA]

I’m just sayin’, if you really loved me, you would share him

[ELIZA]

Ha!

Two weeks later

In the living room stressin’

My father’s stone-faced

While you’re asking for his blessin’

I’m dying inside, as

You wine

And dine

And I’m tryin’ not to cry

‘cause there’s nothing that your mind can’t do

My father makes his way across the room

To you

I panic for a second, thinking

“we’re through”

But then he shakes your hand and says

“Be true”

And you turn back to me, smiling, and I’m

Helpless!

Helpless!

Hoo!

That boy is mine

That boy is mine!

Helpless! Helpless!

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in em

[ALL WOMEN]

Stressin’

Blessin’

Oooh

Oooh

Oooh

Oooh

Helpless!

Look into your eyes

And the sky’s the

Limit I’m

Helpless!

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in

‘em I’m

Helpless!

Look into your eyes

And the sky’s the

Limit I’m

Helpless!

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in em

[HAMILTON]

Eliza, I don’t have a dollar to my name

An acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop of fame

All I have’s my honor, a tolerance for pain

A couple of college credits and my top-notch brain

Insane, your family brings out a different side of me

Peggy confides in me, Angelica tried to take a bite of me

No stress, my love for you is never in doubt

We’ll get a little place in Harlem and we’ll figure it out

I’ve been livin’ without a family since I was a child

My father left, my mother died, I grew up buckwild

But I’ll never forget my mother’s face, that was real

And long as I’m alive, Eliza, swear to God

You’ll never feel so…

Eliza…

I’ve never felt so—

My life is gon’ be fine cuz Eliza’s in it.

[ELIZA]

I do I do I do I do

I do I do I do I do!

Hey, yeah, yeah!

I’m down for the count

I’m—

I look into your eyes, and the sky’s the limit

I’m… drownin’ in ‘em.

[ALL WOMEN]

Helpless!

Helpless!

Helpless

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in ‘em

Helpless!

Helpless!

Helpless!

Down for the count

And I’m drownin’ in ‘em.

[ALL WOMEN]

In New York, you can be a new man…

In New York, you can be a new man…

In New York, you can be a new man…

[ELIZA]

Helpless

“Satisfied” begins

LAURENS

Alright, alright. That’s what I’m talkin’ about! Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, Angelica Schuyler!

[ANGELICA, ALL MEN, ALL WOMEN]

A toast to the groom!

To the groom!

To the groom!

To the groom!

To the bride!

To the bride!

To the bride!

To the bride!

[ANGELICA, ALL MEN, ELIZA AND WOMEN]

From your sister

Angelica!

Angelica!

Angelica!

Who is always by your side

By your side!

By your side!

To your union

To the union! To the revolution!

And the hope that you provide

You provide!

You provide!

[ANGELICA, HAMILTON AND MEN, ELIZA AND WOMEN]

May you always... (Always)

Be satisfied (Rewind)

[Recorded Samples]

Rewind, Rewind

Helpless, sky's, sky's

Drownin' in em

Drownin', rewind

I remember that night, I just might (rewind)

I remember that night, I just might (rewind)

I remember that night, I remember that—

[ANGELICA]

I remember that night, I just might

Regret that night for the rest of my days

I remember those soldier boys

Tripping over themselves to win our praise

I remember that dreamlike candlelight

Like a dream that you can’t quite place

But Alexander, I’ll never forget the first

Time I saw your face

I have never been the same

Intelligent eyes in a hunger-pang frame

And when you said “Hi,” I forgot my dang name

Set my heart aflame, ev’ry part aflame

[FULL COMPANY]

This is not a game…

[HAMILTON]

You strike me as a woman who has never been satisfied

[ANGELICA]

I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. You forget yourself

[HAMILTON]

You’re like me. I’m never satisfied

[ANGELICA]

Is that right?

[HAMILTON]

I have never been satisfied

[ANGELICA]

My name is Angelica Schuyler

[HAMILTON]

Alexander Hamilton

[ANGELICA]

Where’s your family from?

[HAMILTON]

Unimportant. There’s a million things I haven’t done but

Just you wait, just you wait…

[ANGELICA]

So so so—

So this is what it feels like to match wits

With someone at your level! What the hell is the catch? It’s

The feeling of freedom, of seein’ the light

It’s Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You see it, right?

The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe three minutes

Ev’rything we said in total agreement, it’s

A dream and it’s a bit of a dance

A bit of a posture, it’s a bit of a stance. He’s a

Bit of a flirt, but I’m ‘a give it a chance

I asked about his family, did you see his answer?

His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?

He’s penniless, he’s flying by the seat of his pants

Handsome, boy, does he know it!

Peach fuzz, and he can’t even grow it!

I wanna take him far away from this place

Then I turn and see my sister’s face and she is…

[ELIZA]

Helpless…

[ANGELICA]

And I know she is…

[ELIZA]

Helpless…

[ANGELICA]

And her eyes are just…

[ELIZA]

Helpless…

[ANGELICA]

And I realize

[ANGELICA AND COMPANY]

Three fundamental truths at the exact same time…

[HAMILTON]

Where are you taking me?

[ANGELICA]

I’m about to change your life

[HAMILTON]

Then by all means, lead the way

[COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA)]

Number one!

[ANGELICA]

I’m a girl in a world in which

My only job is to marry rich

My father has no sons so I’m the one

Who has to social climb for one

So I’m the oldest and the wittiest and the gossip in

New York City is insidious

And Alexander is penniless

Ha! That doesn’t mean I want him any less

[ELIZA]

Elizabeth Schuyler. It’s a pleasure to meet you

[HAMILTON]

Schuyler?

[ANGELICA]

My sister

[COMPANY]

Number two!

[ANGELICA]

He’s after me cuz I’m a Schuyler sister

That elevates his status, I’d

Have to be naïve to set that aside

Maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza

Now that’s his bride

Nice going, Angelica, he was right

You will never be satisfied

[ELIZA]

Thank you for all your service

[HAMILTON]

If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will have been worth it

[ANGELICA]

I’ll leave you to it

[COMPANY]

Number three!

[ANGELICA]

I know my sister like I know my own mind

You will never find anyone as trusting or as kind

If I tell her that I love him she’d be silently resigned

He’d be mine

She would say, “I’m fine”

[ANGELICA AND COMPANY]

She’d be lying

[ANGELICA]

But when I fantasize at night

It’s Alexander’s eyes

As I romanticize what might

Have been if I hadn’t sized him

Up so quickly

At least my dear Eliza’s his wife;

At least I keep his eyes in my life…

[ANGELICA]

He will never be satisfied

I will never be satisfied

[ANGELICA, ALL MEN (EXCEPT HAMILTON), ALL WOMEN (EXCEPT ELIZA)]

To the groom!

To the groom!

To the groom!

To the groom!

To the bride!

To the bride!

To the bride!

To the bride!

[ANGELICA, ALL MEN, ELIZA AND WOMEN]

From your sister

Angelica!

Angelica!

Angelica!

Who is always by your side

By your side!

By your side!

To your union

To the union! To the revolution!

And the hope that you provide

You provide!

You provide!

[ANGELICA, HAMILTON AND MEN, ELIZA AND WOMEN]

May you always... (Always)

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

[ANGELICA, MEN, WOMEN]

And I know

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

She'll be happy as his bride

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

And I know

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

Be satisfied

He will never be satisfied

I will never be satisfied

Scene Six

“The Story of Tonight” (reprise) begins

[LAURENS]

I may not live to see our glory!

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

I may not live to see our glory!

[LAURENS]

But I’ve seen wonders great and small

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

I’ve seen wonders great and small

[LAURENS]

‘Cause if the tomcat can get married

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

If Alexander can get married—

[LAURENS]

There’s hope for our ass, after all!

[LAFAYETTE]

Raise a glass to freedom

[LAURENS/MULLIGAN]

Hey!

Something you will never see again!

[MULLIGAN]

No matter what she tells you

[LAFAYETTE]

Let’s have another round tonight!

[LAURENS]

Raise a glass to the four of us!

[LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON]

Ho!

[MULLIGAN]

To the newly not poor of us!

[LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON]

Woo!

[LAFAYETTE]

We’ll tell the story of tonight

[LAURENS]

Let’s have another round—

[HAMILTON]

Well, if it isn’t Aaron Burr

[BURR]

Sir!

[HAMILTON]

I didn’t think that you would make it

[BURR]

To be sure

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE]

Burr!

[BURR]

I came to say congratulations

[MULLIGAN]

Spit a verse, Burr!

[BURR]

I see the whole gang is here

[LAFAYETTE]

You are the worst, Burr!

[HAMILTON]

Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant Colonel

I wish I had your command instead of manning George’s journal

[BURR]

No, you don’t

[HAMILTON]

Yes, I do

[BURR]

Now, be sensible

From what I hear, you’ve made yourself indispensable

[LAURENS]

Well, well, I heard

You’ve got a special someone on the side, Burr

[HAMILTON]

Is that so?

[LAURENS]

What are you tryin’ to hide, Burr?

[BURR]

I should go

[HAMILTON]

No, these guys should go

[LAFAYETTE]

What?

[LAURENS]

No!

[HAMILTON]

Leave us alone

[MULLIGAN]

Man…

[HAMILTON]

It’s alright, Burr. I wish you’d brought this girl with you tonight, Burr

[BURR]

You’re very kind, but I’m afraid it’s unlawful, sir

[HAMILTON]

What do you mean?

[BURR]

She’s married

[HAMILTON]

I see

[BURR]

She’s married to a British officer

[HAMILTON]

Oh shit…

[BURR]

Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more

I’ll see you on the other side of the war

[HAMILTON]

I will never understand you

If you love this woman, go get her! What are you waiting for?

[BURR]

I’ll see you on the other side of the war

[HAMILTON]

I’ll see you on the other side of the war

“Wait for It” begins

[BURR]

Theodosia writes me a letter every day

I'm keeping the bed warm while her husband is away

He's on the British side in Georgia

He's trying to keep the colonies in line

But he can keep all of Georgia

Theodosia, she's mine

Love doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners

And the saints

It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep loving anyway

We laugh and we cry

And we break

And we make our mistakes

And if there's a reason I'm by her side

When so many have tried

Then I'm willing to wait for it

I'm willing to wait for it

[BURR, MEN, & WOMEN]

My grandfather was a fire and brimstone preacher

Preacher, preacher, preacher

But there are things that the homilies and hymns won't teach ya

Teach ya, teach ya, teach ya

My mother was a genius (genius)

My father commanded respect (respect, respect)

When they died they left no instructions

Just a legacy to protect

[BURR/ENSEMBLE]

Death doesn’t discriminate

Between the sinners

And the saints

It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep living anyway

We rise and we fall

And we break

And we make our mistakes

And if there’s a reason I’m still alive

When everyone who loves me has died

I’m willing to wait for it

I’m willing to wait for it

Wait for it

[ENSEMBLE]

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

[BURR]

I am the one thing in life I can control

[ENSEMBLE]

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

[BURR]

I am inimitable

I am an original

[ENSEMBLE]

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

[BURR]

I’m not falling behind or running late

[ENSEMBLE]

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

Wait for it

[BURR]

I’m not standing still

I am lying in wait

[ENSEMBLE]

Wait

Wait

Wait

[BURR]

Hamilton faces an endless uphill climb

[ENSEMBLE]

Climb

Climb

Climb

[BURR]

He has something to prove

He has nothing to lose

[ENSEMBLE]

Lose

Lose

Lose

Lose

[BURR]

Hamilton’s pace is relentless

He wastes no time

[ENSEMBLE]

Time

Time

Time

[BURR]

What is it like in his shoes?

Hamilton doesn’t hesitate

He exhibits no restraint

He takes and he takes and he takes

And he keeps winning anyway

He changes the game

He plays and he raises the stakes

And if there’s a reason

He seems to thrive when so few survive, then Goddamnit—

[BURR & COMPANY]

I'm willing to wait for it

Wait for it, wait for it

I'm willing to wait for it...

Life doesn't discriminate

Between the sinners and the saints

It takes and it takes and it takes

And we keep living anyway

We rise and we fall and we break

And we make our mistakes

And if there's a reason I'm still alive

When so many have died

Then I'm willin' to—

[BURR]

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait for it...

Wait…

Scene Seven

"Valley Forge Interlude" Begins

[HAMILTON]

Oooh

Valley Forge, Winter 1778

Thomas Paine:

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."

I am seeing the best minds of my generation

Waste away in pestilence and starvation

Is this all a test or have we met our doom?

Have we set up camp or parameters for our tomb?

“Stay Alive” begins

[ELIZA]

Stay alive...

[ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN]

Stay alive...

[HAMILTON]

I have never seen the General so despondent

I have taken over writing all his correspondence

Congress writes, "George, attack the British forces."

I shoot back, "We have resorted to eating our horses."

Local merchants deny us equipment, assistance

They only take British money, so sing a song of sixpence

[WASHINGTON]

The cavalry's not coming

[HAMILTON]

But sir—

[WASHINGTON]

Alex, listen.

There's only one way for us to win this

Provoke outrage, outright

[HAMILTON]

That's right

[WASHINGTON]

Don't engage, strike by night

Remain relentless 'til their troops take flight

[HAMILTON]

Make it impossible to justify the cost of the fight

[WASHINGTON]

Outrun

[HAMILTON]

Outrun

[WASHINGTON]

Outlast

[HAMILTON]

Outlast

[WASHINGTON]

Hit 'em quick, get out fast

[HAMILTON]

Chick-a-plao!

[WASHINGTON]

Stay alive 'til this horror show is past

We're gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

Raise a glass

[MULLIGAN]

I go back to New York and my apprenticeship

[LAFAYETTE]

I ask for French aid, I pray that France has sent a ship

[LAURENS]

I stay at work with Hamilton

We write essays against slavery

And every day's a test of our camaraderie

And bravery

[HAMILTON]

We cut supply lines, we steal contraband

We pick and choose our battles and

Places to take a stand

And every day, "Sir, entrust me with a command."

And every day—

[WASHINGTON]

No

[HAMILTON]

He dismisses me out of hand

[HAMILTON]

Instead of me, he promotes Charles Lee

Makes him second-in-command

[LEE]

Charles Lee

[ELIZA & ANGELICA]

Stay alive...

[LEE]

I'm a general. Whee!

[HAMILTON]

Yeah...

He's not the choice I would've gone with

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth

[WASHINGTON]

Everyone attack!

[LEE]

Retreat!

[WASHINGTON]

Attack!

[LEE]

Retreat!

[WASHINGTON]

What are you doing, Lee?

Get back on your feet

[LEE]

But there's so many of them!

[WASHINGTON]

I'm sorry, is this not your speed?

Hamilton

[HAMILTON]

Ready, sir!

[WASHINGTON]

Have Lafayette take the lead

[HAMILTON]

Yes, sir!

[LAURENS]

A thousand soldiers die in a hundred degree heat

[LAFAYETTE]

As we snatch a stalemate from the jaws of defeat

[HAMILTON]

Charles Lee was left behind without a pot to piss in

He started saying this to anybody who would listen:

[LEE]

Washington cannot be left alone to his devices

Indecisive, from crisis to crisis

The best thing he can do for the revolution is

Turn n' go back to plantin' tobacco in Mount Vernon

[COMPANY]

Oooh!

[WASHINGTON]

Don't do a thing. History will prove him wrong

[HAMILTON]

But sir!

[WASHINGTON]

We have a war to fight, let's move along

[LAURENS]

Strong words from Lee, someone ought to hold him to it

[HAMILTON]

I can't disobey direct orders

[LAURENS]

Then I'll do it

Alexander, you're the closest friend I've got

[HAMILTON]

Laurens, do not throw away your shot

“Ten Duel Commandments / Meet Me Inside” begins

[MEN]

One, two, three, four

[FULL COMPANY]

Five, six, seven, eight, nine...

[HAMILTON/BURR/LEE/LAURENS]

It's the Ten Duel Commandments

[FULL COMPANY]

It's the Ten Duel Commandments

Number one!

[LAURENS]

The challenge, demand satisfaction

If they apologize, no need for further action

[COMPANY]

Number two!

[LAURENS]

If they don't, grab a friend, that's your second

[HAMILTON]

Your lieutenant, when there's reckoning to be reckoned

[COMPANY]

Number three!

[LEE]

Have your seconds meet face-to-face

[BURR]

Negotiate a peace

[HAMILTON]

Or negotiate a time and place

[BURR]

This is commonplace, 'specially 'tween recruits

[COMPANY]

Most disputes die and no one shoots

Number four!

[LAURENS]

If they don't reach a peace, that's alright

Time to get some pistols and a doctor on site

[HAMILTON]

You pay him in advance, you treat him with civility

[BURR]

You have him turn around so he can have deniability

[COMPANY]

Five!

[LEE]

Duel before the sun is in the sky

[COMPANY]

Pick a place to die where it's high and dry

Number six!

[HAMILTON]

Leave a note for you next of kin

Tell them where you've been

Pray that hell or heaven lets you in

[COMPANY]

Seven

[LEE]

Confess your sins, ready for the moment of adrenaline

When you finally face your opponent

[COMPANY]

Number eight!

[HAMILTON/LEE/BURR/LAURENS]

Your last change to negotiate

Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight

[BURR]

Alexander

[HAMILTON]

Aaron Burr, sir

[BURR]

Can we agree that duels are dumb and immature?

[HAMILTON]

Sure

But your man has to answer for his words, Burr

[BURR]

With his life? We both know that's absurd, sir

[HAMILTON]

Hang on, how many men died because Lee was inexperienced and ruinous?

[BURR]

Okay, so we're doing this

[COMPANY]

Number nine!

[HAMILTON]

Look 'em in the eye, aim no higher

Summon all the courage you require

Then count

[MEN]

One, two, three, four

[FULL COMPANY]

Five, six, seven, eight, nine

[HAMILTON & BURR]

Number

[COMPANY]

Ten paces

[HAMILTON & BURR]

Fire!

[HAMILTON]

Lee, do you yield?

[BURR]

You shot him in the side

Yes, he yields!

[LAURENS]

I'm satisfied

[BURR]

Yo, we gotta clear the field!

[HAMILTON]

Go, we won!

[COMPANY]

Here comes the General

[BURR]

This should be fun

[WASHINGTON]

What is the meaning of this?

Mr. Burr, get a medic for the General

[BURR]

Yes, sir

[WASHINGTON]

Lee, you will never agree with me

But believe me, these young men don't speak for me

Thank you for your service

[BURR]

Let's ride!

[WASHINGTON]

Hamilton

[HAMILTON]

Sir!

[WASHINGTON]

Meet me inside

[COMPANY]

Meet him inside

Meet him inside

Meet him inside, meet him, meet him inside!

[WASHINGTON]

Son—

[HAMILTON]

Don't call me son

[WASHINGTON]

This war is hard enough without infighting

[HAMILTON]

Lee called you out, we called his bluff

[WASHINGTON]

You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies to the south

[HAMILTON]

You're absolutely right, John shoulda shot him in the mouth,

That woulda shut him up

[WASHINGTON]

Son—

[HAMILTON]

I'm not your son

[WASHINGTON]

Watch your tone

I am not a maiden in need of defending, I am grown

[HAMILTON]

Charles Lee, Thomas Conway

These men take your name, and they rake it through the mud

[WASHINGTON]

My name's been through a lot, I can take it

[HAMILTON]

Well I don't have your name

I don't have your titles, I don't have your land

But, if you—

[WASHINGTON]

No—

[HAMILTON]

If you gave me command of a battalion, a group of men to lead

I could fly above my station after the war

[WASHINGTON]

Or you could die, and we need you alive

[HAMILTON]

I am more than willing to die!

[WASHINGTON]

Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you alive—

[HAMILTON]

Call me son one more time!

[WASHINGTON]

Go home, Alexander

That's an order from your commander

[HAMILTON]

Sir—

[WASHINGTON]

Go home.

Scene Eight

“That Would Be Enough” begins

[ELIZA]

Look around, look around

At how lucky we are to be alive right now

Look around, look around...

[HAMILTON]

How long have you known?

[ELIZA]

A month or so

[HAMILTON]

Eliza, you should have told me

[ELIZA]

I wrote to the General a month ago

[HAMILTON]

No

[ELIZA]

I begged him to send you home

[HAMILTON]

You should have told me

[ELIZA]

I'm not sorry

[ELIZA]

I knew you'd fight until the war was won

But you deserve a chance to meet your son

Look around, look around, at how lucky we are

To be alive right now

[HAMILTON]

The war's not done

[HAMILTON]

Will you relish being a poor man's wife

Unable to provide for your life?

[ELIZA]

I relish being your wife

Look around, look around...

Look at where you are

Look at where you started

That fact that you're alive is a miracle

Just stay alive, that would be enough

And if this child

Shares a fraction of your smile

Or a fragment of your mind

Look out, world, that would be enough

I don't pretend to know

The challenges you're facing

The world your keep erasing and creating in your mind

But I'm not afraid

I know who I married

So long as you come home at the end of the day

That would be enough

We don't need a legacy

We don't need money

If I could grant you peace of mind

If you could let me inside your heart...

Oh, let me be part of the narrative

In the story they will write someday

Let this moment be the first chapter:

Where you decide to stay

And I could be enough

And we could be enough

That would be enough

Scene Nine

“Guns and Ships” begins

[BURR]

How does a ragtag volunteer army in need of a shower

Somehow defeat a global superpower?

How do we emerge victorious from the quagmire?

Leave the battlefield waving Betsy Ross's flag higher?

Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon

An immigrant, you know and love who's unafraid to step in

He's constantly confusing, confounding the British henchmen

Everyone give it up for America's favorite fightin' Frenchman!

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I'm takin' this horse by the reins

Makin' redcoats redder with bloodstains

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em drop

And burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

Watch me engagin' em, escapin' em

Enragin' em, I'm—

'[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I go to France for more funds

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE & ENSEMBLE]

Guns

And ships

And so the balance shifts

[WASHINGTON]

We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

[LAFAYETTE]

We can end this war in Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but

For this to succeed, there's someone else we need

[WASHINGTON]

I know

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, he knows what to do in a trench

Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually

What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

No one has more resilience or

Matches my practical tactical brilliance—

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

You wanna fight for your land back?

[WASHINGTON]

I need my right hand man back

[LAFAYETTE]

Yeah, uhn, get your right hand man back

You know you gotta get your right hand man back

I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter

But the sooner the better

To get your right hand man back!

[COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[WOMEN]

Hamilton!

Hamilton!

Hamilton!

Ha—Ha—

[MEN]

Get your right hand man back!

Your right hand man back!

Hamilton!

Ha—Ha—

Hamilton

Hamilton!

Ha—Ha—

[WASHINGTON]

Alexander Hamilton

Troops are waiting in the fields for you

If you join us right now, together

We can turn the tide

Oh, Alexander Hamilton

I have soldiers that will yield for you

If we manage to get this right

They'll surrender by early light

The world, will never be the same, Alexander…

“History Has Its Eyes On You” begins

[WASHINGTON]

I was younger than you are now

When I was given my first command

I led my men straight into a massacre

I witnessed their deaths firsthand

I made every mistake

And felt the shame rise in me

And even now I lie awake

[WASHINGTON]

Knowing history has its eyes on me...

[LAURENS/MULLIGAN]

Woah...

Woah...

Woah...

Yeah

[HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]

History has its eyes on me...

[COMPANY]

Woah...

Woah...

Woah...

Yeah

[WASHINGTON]

Let me tell you what I wish I'd known

When I was young and dreamed of glory

You have no control:

[WASHINGTON & COMPANY]

Who lives, who dies, who tells your story

[WASHINGTON]

I know that we can win

I know that greatness lies in you

But remember from here on in

[WASHINGTON/HAMILTON & MEN]

History has its eyes on you.

[ENSEMBLE]

Woah...

Woah...

Woah...

[FULL COMPANY]

History has its eyes on you

“Yorktown” (“The World Turned Upside Down”) begins

[COMPANY]

The battle of Yorktown. 1781

[LAFAYETTE]

Monsieur Hamilton

[HAMILTON]

Monsieur Lafayette

[LAFAYETTE]

In command where you belong

[HAMILTON]

How you say, no sweat

We're finally on the field. We’ve had quite a run

[LAFAYETTE]

Immigrants:

[HAMILTON & LAFAYETTE]

We get the job done

[HAMILTON]

So what happens if we win?

[LAFAYETTE]

I go back to France

I bring freedom to my people if I am given the chance

[HAMILTON]

We’ll be with you when you do

[LAFAYETTE]

Go lead your men

[HAMILTON]

See you on the other side

[LAFAYETTE]

‘Til we meet again, let’s go!

[ENSEMBLE]

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

Hey yo, I’m just like my country, I’m young

Scrappy and hungry

And I’m not throwin’ away my shot!

I am not throwin’ away my shot!

[HAMILTON]

‘Til the world turns upside down...

[ENSEMBLE]

‘Til the world turns upside down!

[HAMILTON]

I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

This is where it gets me: on my feet

The enemy ahead of me

If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me

Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me

Then I remember my Eliza’s expecting me...

Not only that, my Eliza’s expecting

We gotta go, gotta get the job done

Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!

Take the bullets out your gun!

[ENSEMBLE]

What?

[HAMILTON]

The bullets out your gun!

[ENSEMBLE]

What?

[HAMILTON]

We move under cover and we move as one

Through the night, we have one shot to live another day

We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away

We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it

It’s either that or meet the business end of a bayonet

The code word is ‘Rochambeau,’ dig me?

[ENSEMBLE]

Rochambeau!

[HAMILTON]

You have your orders now, go, man, go!

And so the American experiment begins

With my friends all scattered to the winds

Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery

[HAMILTON & LAURENS]

We’ll never be free until we end slavery!

[HAMILTON]

When we finally drive the British away

Lafayette is there waiting—

[HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE]

In Chesapeake Bay!

[HAMILTON]

How did we know that this plan would work?

We had a spy on the inside; that’s right

[HAMILTON & COMPANY]

Hercules Mulligan!

[MULLIGAN]

A tailor spyin’ on the British government!

I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it

[COMPANY]

Up

[MULLIGAN]

To my brother's revolutionary covenant

I’m runnin’ with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin’ it!

See, that’s what happens when you up against the ruffians

We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!

Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction

When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!

[COMPANY]

Left! Right! Hold!

Go!

What! What! What!

[HAMILTON]

After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet

[LAFAYETTE]

We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief

[MULLIGAN]

And just like that, it’s over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead

[LAURENS]

Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom

[WASHINGTON]

Not yet.

[HAMILTON]

We negotiate the terms of surrender

I see George Washington smile

We escort their men out of Yorktown

They stagger home single file

Tens of thousands of people flood the streets

There are screams and church bells ringing

And as our fallen foes retreat

I hear the drinking song they’re singing...

[ALL MEN]

The world turned upside down

[FULL COMPANY]

The world turned upside down

The world turned upside down

The world turned upside down

Down

Down, down, down

[LAFAYETTE]

Freedom for America, freedom for France!

[COMPANY]

Down, down, down

[HAMILTON]

Gotta start a new nation

Gotta meet my son

[COMPANY]

Down, down, down

[MULLIGAN]

We won!

[LAFAYETTE]

We won!

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS]

We won!

[MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS/HAMILTON/WASHINGTON]

We won!

[COMPANY]

The world turned upside down!

Scene Ten

“What Comes Next?” begins

[KING GEORGE]

They say

The price of my war’s not a price that they’re willing to pay

Insane

You cheat with the French, now I’m fighting with France and with Spain

I’m so blue

I thought that we’d made an arrangement

When you went away

You were mine to subdue

Well, even despite our estrangement, I’ve got

A small query for you:

What comes next?

You’ve been freed

Do you know how hard it is to lead?

You’re on your own

Awesome. Wow!

Do you have a clue what happens now?

Oceans rise

Empires fall

It’s much harder when it’s all your call

All alone, across the sea

When your people say they hate you, don’t

Come crawling back to me

Da da da dat da dat da da da

Da ya da

Da da dat

Da da ya da...

You’re on your own…

Scene Eleven

“Dear Theodosia” begins

[BURR]

Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?

You have my eyes, you have your mother's name

When you came into the world you cried,

and it broke my heart.

I'm dedicating every day to you

Domestic life was never quite my style

When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart

And I thought I was so smart

You will come of age with our young nation

We'll bleed and fight for you

We'll make it right for you

If we lay a strong enough foundation

We'll pass it on to you

We'll give the world to you

And you'll blow us all away, someday, someday

Yeah, you'll blow us all away, someday, someday

[HAMILTON]

Oh... Philip, when you smile I am undone

My son. Look at my son

Pride is not the word I'm looking for

There is so much more inside me now

Oh, Philip, you outshine the morning sun

My son

When you smile, I fall apart

And I thought I was so smart

My father wasn't around

[BURR]

My father wasn't around

[HAMILTON]

I swear that

I'll be around for you

[BURR]

I'll be around for you

[HAMILTON]

I'll do whatever it takes

[BURR]

I'll make a million mistakes

[HAMILTON/BURR]

I'll make the world safe and sound for you...

...will come of age with our young nation

We'll bleed and fight for you, we'll make it right for you

And you'll blow us all away, someday, someday...

Yeah, you'll blow us all away

Someday, someday…

“Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us” begins

[LAURENS]

I may not live to see our glory.

ELIZA

Alexander? There's a letter for you.

HAMILTON

It's from John Laurens. I'll read it later.

[LAURENS]

But I will gladly join the fight.

ELIZA

No, it's from his father.

HAMILTON

His father?

[LAURENS]

And when our children tell our story.

HAMILTON

Will you read it?

[LAURENS]

They'll tell the story of tonight.

ELIZA

"On Tuesday the 27th, my son was killed in a gunfight against British troops

Retreating from South Carolina. The war was already over.

As you know, John dreamed of emancipating and recruiting

3,000 men for the first all-black military regiment.

His dream of freedom for these men dies with him."

[LAURENS]

Tomorrow there'll be more of us...

ELIZA

Alexander, are you alright?

HAMILTON

I have so much work to do.

Scene Twelve

“Non-Stop” begins

[BURR]

After the war I went back to New York

[HAMILTON]

A-After the war I went back to New York

[BURR]

I finished up my studies and I practiced law

[HAMILTON]

I practiced law, Burr worked next door

[BURR]

Even though we started at the very same time

Alexander Hamilton began to climb

How to account for his rise to the top?

Man... the man is

[BURR & ENSEMBLE]

Non-stop!

[HAMILTON]

Gentlemen of the jury, I’m curious, bear with me

Are you aware that we’re making history?

This is the first murder trial of our brand-new nation

The liberty behind

Deliberation—

[ENSEMBLE]

Non-stop!

[HAMILTON]

I intend to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt

With my assistant counsel—

[BURR]

Co-counsel

Hamilton, sit down

Our client Levi Weeks is innocent, call your first witness

That’s all you had to say

[HAMILTON]

Okay...

One more thing—

[BURR]

Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you’re the smartest in the room?

Soon that attitude may be your doom

[ENSEMBLE]

Awwww!

[BURR]

Why do you write like you’re running out of time?

Write day and night like you’re running out of time?

Every day you fight, like you’re running out of time

Keep on fighting, in the meantime...

[ENSEMBLE]

Why do you write like you’re running out of time?

Every day you fight, like you’re running out of time

Non-stop!

[HAMILTON]

Corruption’s such an old song that we can sing along in harmony

And nowhere is it stronger than in Albany

This colony’s economy’s increasingly stalling and

Honestly, that’s why public service

Seems to be calling me

[BURR & ENSEMBLE]

He’s just

Non-stop!

[HAMILTON]

I practiced the law, I practically perfected it

I’ve seen injustice in the world and I’ve corrected it

Now for a strong central democracy

If not, then I’ll be Socrates

Throwing verbal rocks at these mediocrities

[BURR]

Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention

[HAMILTON]

I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention!

[BURR]

There as a New York junior delegate

[HAMILTON]

Now what I’m going to say may sound indelicate...

[COMPANY]

Awwww!

[BURR]

Goes and proposes his own form of government

His own plan for a new form of government!

[COMPANY]

Awwwww!

What?

What?

[BURR]

Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!

[ENSEMBLE MAN]

Bright young man...

[ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN]

Yo, who the f is this?

[BURR]

Why do you always say what you believe?

Why do you always say what you believe?

Every proclamation guarantees free ammunition for your enemies...

[BURR & MEN]

Why do you write like it’s

Going out of style?

Write day and night like it’s

Going out of style?

[COMPANY]

Why do you always say what you believe?

Aww!

[WOMEN]

Going out of style, hey!

Going out of style, hey!

[BURR & COMPANY]

Every day you fight like it's going out of style

Do what you do

[BURR]

Alexander?

[HAMILTON]

Aaron Burr, sir

[BURR]

Why, it's the middle of the night

[HAMILTON]

Can we confer, sir?

[BURR]

Is this a legal matter?

[HAMILTON]

Yes, and it's important to me

[BURR]

What do you need?

[HAMILTON]

Burr, you're a better lawyer than me

[BURR]

Okay?

[HAMILTON]

I know I talk too much, I'm abrasive

You're incredible in court

You're succinct, persuasive

My client needs a strong defense

You're the solution

[BURR]

Who's your client?

[HAMILTON]

The new U.S. Constitution?

[BURR]

No

[HAMILTON]

Hear me out

[BURR]

No way!

[HAMILTON]

A series of essays, anonymously published

Defending the document to the public

[BURR]

No one will read it

[HAMILTON]

I disagree

[BURR]

And if it fails?

[HAMILTON]

Burr, that's why we need it

[BURR]

The constitution's a mess

[HAMILTON]

So it needs amendments

[BURR]

It's full of contradictions

[HAMILTON]

So is independence

We have to start somewhere

[BURR]

No

No way

[HAMILTON]

You're making a mistake

[BURR]

Goodnight

[HAMILTON]

Hey

What are you waiting for?

What do you stall for?

[BURR]

What?

[HAMILTON]

We won the war, what was it all for?

Do you support this constitution?

[BURR]

Of course

[HAMILTON]

Then defend it.

[BURR]

And what if you're backing the wrong horse?

[HAMILTON]

Burr, we studied, and we fought, and we killed

For the notion of a nation we now get to build

For once in your life, take a stand with pride

I don't understand why you stand to the side

[BURR]

I'll keep all my plans close to my chest

I'll wait here and see which way the wind will blow

I'm taking my time

Watching the afterbirth of a nation

Watching the tension grow...

[ENSEMBLE]

Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it...

Which way the wind will blow

I'm taking my time

Watching the afterbirth of a nation

Watching the tension grow

[ANGELICA]

I am sailing off to London

I am accompanied by someone who always pays

I have found a wealthy husband

Who will keep me in comfort for all my days

He is not a lot of fun but there is no one

Who will match you for turn of phrase

My Alexander...

[HAMILTON]

Angelica...

[ANGELICA]

Don't forget to write

[ELIZA]

Look at where we are

Look at where we started

The fact that you're alive is a miracle

Just stay alive, that would be enough

And if your wife could share a fraction of your time

If I could grant you peace of mind

Would that be enough?

[BURR]

Alexander joins forces with James Madison and John Jay

To write a series of essays defending the new United

States Constitution, entitled The Federalist Papers.

The plan was to write a total of 25 essays, the work

Divided evenly among the three men. In the end, they wrote

eighty-five essays in the span of six months.

John Jay got sick after writing five

James Madison wrote twenty-nine.

Hamilton wrote the other fifty-one

[BURR]

How do you write like you're running out of time?

Write day and night like you're running out of time?

[BURR & MEN]

Every day you fight like you're running out of time

Like you're running out of time, are you

Running out of time?

[ALL WOMEN]

Running out of time?

Running out of time?

Running out of time

Running out of time

Awwww!

[FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)]

How do you write like tomorrow won't arrive?

How do you write like you need it to survive?

How do you write every second you're alive

Every second you're alive, every second you're alive?

[WASHINGTON]

They are asking me to lead

I'm doing the best I can

To get the people that I need

I'm asking you to be my right hand man

[HAMILTON]

Treasury or State?

[WASHINGTON]

I know it's a lot to ask

[HAMILTON]

Treasury or State?

[WASHINGTON]

To leave behind the world you know

[HAMILTON]

Sir, do you want me to run the Treasury or State department?

[WASHINGTON]

Treasury

[HAMILTON]

Let's go

[ELIZA]

Alexander

[HAMILTON]

I have to leave

[ELIZA]

Alexander...

[HAMILTON]

Look around, look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now

[ELIZA]

Helpless...

[HAMILTON]

They are asking me to lead

[ELIZA]

Look around... isn't this enough?

[ANGELICA]

He will never be satisfied

He will never be satisfied

Satisfied

Satisfied...

He will never be satisfied

Satisfied

Satisfied...

Why do you write like

[ELIZA]

What would be enough

To be satisfied

Satisfied

Satisfied...

Look around

Look around

Isn't this enough?

What would be enough?

Why do you fight like

[WASHINGTON]

History has its eyes on you

[WASHINGTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE]

History has its eyes on you

[BURR]

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Why do you assume you're the smartest in the room?

Soon that attitude's gonna be your doom

Why do you fight like you're running out of time?

Why do you fight like

[ENSEMBLE]

Non-stop!

Non-stop!

Non-stop!

Non-stop!

[COMPANY]

History has its eyes on you

[HAMILTON]

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am not throwing away my shot!

I am

Alexander Hamilton!

[MEN]

Just you wait!

[FULL COMPANY]

Just you wait!

Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton

Just you wait!

[HAMILTON]

And I am not throwing away my shot!

ACT 2

Scene One

“What’d I Miss?” begins

[COMPANY]

Seventeen. Se- se- seventeen...

Se-se- seventeen...

[BURR]

1789

How does the bastard orphan

Immigrant decorated war vet

Unite the colonies through more debt?

Fight the other founding fathers til he has to forfeit?

Have it all, lose it all

You ready for more yet?

Treasury Secretary. Washington’s the President

Ev’ry American experiment sets a precedent

Not so fast. Someone came along to resist him

Pissed him off until we had a two-party system

You haven’t met him yet, you haven’t had the chance

‘cause he’s been kickin’ ass as the ambassador to France

But someone’s gotta keep the American promise

You simply must meet Thomas. Thomas!

[COMPANY]

Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!

Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!

Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!

Thomas Jefferson’s coming home!

Thomas Jefferson’s coming home, Lord he’s

Been off in Paris for so long

Aaa-ooo!

Aaa-ooo!

[JEFFERSON]

France is following us to revolution

There is no more status quo

But the sun comes up

And the world still spins

[ENSEMBLE]

Aaa-ooo!

[JEFFERSON]

I helped Lafayette draft a declaration

Then I said, ‘I gotta go

I gotta be in Monticello.'

Now the work at home begins...

[ENSEMBLE]

Aaa-ooo!

[JEFFERSON]

So what’d I miss?

What’d I miss?

Virginia, my home sweet home, I wanna give you a kiss

I’ve been in Paris meeting lots of different ladies...

I guess I basic’lly missed the late eighties...

I traveled the wide, wide world and came back to this...

[ENSEMBLE]

Aaa-ooo!

[JEFFERSON]

There’s a letter on my desk from the President

Haven’t even put my bags down yet

Sally be a lamb, darlin’, won’tcha open it?

It says the President’s assembling a cabinet

And that I am to be the Secretary of State, great!

And that I’m already Senate-approved...

I just got home and now I’m headed up to New York

[ENSEMBLE]

Headin’ to New York!

Headin’ to New York!

[JEFFERSON]

Lookin’ at the rolling fields

I can’t believe that we are free

Ready to face

Whatever’s awaiting

Me in N.Y.C.

[ENSEMBLE]

Believe that we are free

[JEFFERSON]

But who’s waitin’ for me when I step in the place?

My friend James Madison, red in the face

[JEFFERSON]

He grabs my arm and

I respond

“What’s goin’ on?”

[ENSEMBLE]

Aaa-ooo!

[MADISON]

Thomas, we are engaged in a battle for our nation’s very soul

Can you get us out of the mess we’re in?

[ENSEMBLE]

Aaa-ooo!

[MADISON]

Hamilton’s new financial plan is nothing less

Than government control

I’ve been fighting for the South alone

Where have you been?

[ENSEMBLE]

Aaa-ooo!

[JEFFERSON]

Uh...France.

[MADISON]

We have to win

[JEFFERSON]

What’d I miss?

What’d I miss?

Headfirst into a political abyss!

I have my first cabinet meeting today

I guess I better think of something to say

I’m already on my way

Let’s get to the bottom of this...

[ENSEMBLE]

Wha? Wha? What’d I miss?

I’ve come home to this?

Headfirst, into the abyss!

Chik-a-pow!

On my way

What did I miss?

Ahhh ah!

[WASHINGTON]

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home-

[HAMILTON]

Mr. Jefferson? Alexander Hamilton

[WASHINGTON & ENSEMBLE]

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

[COMPANY]

Mr. Jefferson, welcome home

Sir, you’ve been off in Paris for so long!

[JEFFERSON]

So what did I miss?

Scene Two

“No John Trumbull / Cabinet Battle #1” begins

[BURR]

You ever see a painting by John Trumbull?

Founding fathers in a line, looking all humble

Patiently waiting to sign a declaration, and start a nation

 new info-matoin across the nation

 You Know the reality is messier and richer, kids

The reality is not a pretty picture kids

And every cabinet meeting is a full on r-rumble

 and What you bout to witness is no John Trumbull

[WASHINGTON]

Ladies and gentlemen, you coulda been anywhere in the world tonight

But you’re here with us in New York City

Are you ready for a cabinet meeting?

[COMPANY cheers.]

[WASHINGTON]

Gentlemen, Vice President John Adams sends his regards

He won't be joining us

He had to be home in Massachusetts for family reasons

[MADISON]

Tell him to stay home!

[HAMILTON]

He can do the same amount from there!

[WASHINGTON]

Alright, alright, settle down! Now…

The issue on the table: Secretary Hamilton's plan to assume state debt and establish a national bank. Secretary Jefferson, you have the floor, sir

[JEFFERSON]

'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness'

We fought for these ideals, we shouldn't settle for less

These are wise words, enterprising men quote 'em

Don't act surprised, you guys, 'cause I wrote 'em

[JEFFERSON/MADISON]

Oww

[JEFFERSON]

But Hamilton forgets

His plan would have the government assume state's debts

Now, place your bets as to who that benefits—

The very seat of government where Hamilton sits

[HAMILTON]

Not true!

[JEFFERSON]

Ooh, if the shoe fits, wear it

If New York's in debt, why should Virginia bear it?

Uh! Our debts are paid, I'm afraid

Don't tax the South 'cause we got it made in the shade

In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground

We create. You just wanna move our money around

This financial plan is an outrageous demand

And it's too many damn pages for any man to understand

Stand with me, in the land of the free

And pray to God we never see Hamilton's candidacy

Look, when Britain taxed our tea, we got frisky

Imagine what gon' happen when you try to tax our whisky

[CROWD]

(Reacting)

That's my alcohol!

[WASHINGTON]

Thank you, Secretary Jefferson

Secretary Hamilton, your response

[HAMILTON]

Thomas. That was a real nice declaration

Welcome to the present, we're running a real nation

Would you like to join us? Or stay mellow

Doin' whatever the hell it is you do in Monticello?

If we assume the debts, the union gets

A new line of credit, a financial diuretic

How do you not get it? If we're aggressive and competitive

The union gets a boost. You'd rather give it a sedative?

A civics lesson from a slaver. Hey neighbor

Your debts are paid 'cause you don't pay for labor

"We plant seeds in the South. We create."

Yeah, keep ranting

We know who's really doing the planting

And another thing, Mr. Age of Enlightenment

Don't lecture me about the war, you didn't fight in it

You think I'm frightened of you, man?

We almost died in the trench

While you were off getting high with the French

Thomas Jefferson, always hesitant with the President

Reticent—there isn't a plan he doesn't jettison

Madison, you're mad as a hatter, son, take your medicine

Damn, you're in worse shape than the national debt is in

Sittin' there useless as two shits

Hey, turn around, bend over

I'll show you where my shoe fits

[WASHINGTON]

Excuse me? Madison, Jefferson, take a walk!

Hamilton, take a walk!

We'll reconvene after a brief recess. Hamilton!

[HAMILTON]

Sir!

[WASHINGTON]

A word

[MADISON]

You don't have the votes

[JEFFERSON/MADISON]

You don't have the votes

[JEFFERSON]

Aha-ha-ha-ha!

[JEFFERSON/MADISON]

You're gonna need congressional approval and

you don't have the votes

[JEFFERSON]

Such a blunder sometimes it makes me wonder

Why I even bring the thunder

[MADISON]

Why he even brings the thunder...

[WASHINGTON]

You wanna pull yourself together?

[HAMILTON]

I'm sorry, these Virginians are birds of a feather

[WASHINGTON]

Young man, I'm from Virginia, so watch your mouth

[HAMILTON]

So we let Congress get held hostage by the South?

[WASHINGTON]

You need the votes

[HAMILTON]

No, we need bold strokes. We need this plan

[WASHINGTON]

No, you need to convince more folks

[HAMILTON]

James Madison won't talk to me, that's a nonstarter

[WASHINGTON]

Winning was easy, young man. Governing's harder

[HAMILTON]

They're being intransigent

[WASHINGTON]

You have to find a compromise

[HAMILTON]

But they don't have a plan, they just hate mine!

[WASHINGTON]

Convince them otherwise

[HAMILTON]

What happens if I don't get congressional approval?

[WASHINGTON]

I imagine they'll call for your removal

[HAMILTON]

Sir—

[WASHINGTON]

Figure it out, Alexander

That's an order from your commander

Scene Three

“Take a Break” begins

[ELIZA]

Un deux trois quatre

Cinq six sept huit neuf

Good! Un deux trois quatre

Cinq six sept huit neuf

Sept huit neuf—

Sept huit neuf—

[PHILIP]

Un deux trois quatre

Cinq six sept huit neuf

Un deux trois quatre

Cinq six sept huit neuf

Sept huit neuf—

Sept huit neuf—

[ELIZA & PHILIP]

One two three four

Five six seven eight nine!

[HAMILTON]

My dearest, Angelica

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day”

I trust you’ll understand the reference to

Another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play

They think me Macbeth, and ambition is my folly

I’m a polymath, a pain in the ass, a massive pain

Madison is Banquo, Jefferson’s Macduff

And Birnam Wood is Congress on its way to Dunsinane

[HAMILTON & ANGELICA]

And there you are, an ocean away

Do you have to live an ocean away?

Thoughts of you subside

Then I get another letter

I cannot put the notion away…

[ELIZA]

Take a break

[HAMILTON]

I am on my way

[ELIZA]

There’s a little surprise before supper

And it cannot wait

[HAMILTON]

I’ll be there in just a minute, save my plate

[ELIZA]

Alexander—

[HAMILTON]

Okay, okay

[ELIZA]

Your son is nine years old today

And he has something that he’d like to say

He’s been practicing all day

Philip, take it away—

[PHILIP]

Daddy, daddy, look—

My name is Philip

I am a poet

I wrote this poem just

To show it

And I just turned nine

You can write rhymes

But you can’t write mine

I practice French

And play piano with my mother

I have a sister, but I want a little brother

My daddy’s trying to start America’s bank

Un deux trois quatre cinq!

[HAMILTON]

What!

Uh-huh!

Okay!

Bravo!

[ELIZA]

Take a break

[HAMILTON]

Hey, our kid is pretty great

[ELIZA]

Run away with us for the summer

Let’s go upstate

[HAMILTON]

Eliza, I’ve got so much on my plate

[ELIZA]

We can all go stay with my father

There’s a lake I know...

[HAMILTON]

I know

[ELIZA]

In a nearby park

[HAMILTON]

I’d love to go

[ELIZA]

You and I can go when the night gets dark

[HAMILTON]

I will try to get away

[ANGELICA]

My dearest Alexander

You must get through to Jefferson

Sit down with him and compromise

Don’t stop ‘til you agree

Your fav’rite older sister

Angelica, reminds you

There’s someone in your corner all the way across the sea

In a letter I received from you two weeks ago

I noticed a comma in the middle of a phrase

It changed the meaning. Did you intend this?

One stroke and you’ve consumed my waking days

It says:

[HAMILTON & ANGELICA]

“My dearest Angelica”

[ANGELICA]

With a comma after “dearest.” You’ve written

[HAMILTON & ANGELICA]

“My dearest, Angelica.”

[ANGELICA]'

Anyway, all this to say

I’m coming home this summer

At my sister’s invitation

I’ll be there with your family

If you make your way upstate

I know you’re very busy

I know your work’s important

But I’m crossing the ocean and I just can’t wait

[HAMILTON & ANGELICA]

You won’t be an ocean away

You will only be a moment away…

[ELIZA]

Alexander, come downstairs. Angelica’s arriving today!

[ELIZA]

Angelica!

[ANGELICA]

Eliza!

[HAMILTON]

The Schuyler sisters!

[ANGELICA]

Alexander

[HAMILTON]

Hi

[ANGELICA]

It’s good to see your face

[ELIZA]

Angelica, tell this man John Adams spends the summer with his family

[HAMILTON]

Angelica, tell my wife John Adams doesn’t have a real job anyway

[ANGELICA]

You’re not joining us? Wait

[HAMILTON]

I’m afraid I cannot join you upstate

[ANGELICA]

Alexander, I came all this way...

[ELIZA]