Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Act I Booklet (Hi-Res) - FINAL

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 Rene Elise Goldsberry Jonathan Groff Christopher Jackson

Jasmine Cephas Jones Lin-Manuel Miranda Javier Muoz 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
David Korins
HAIR AND WIG DESIGN
TECHNICAL SUPERVISION
Michael Keller
Michael Aarons
Hudson Theatrical Associates

CASTING
Telsey + Company
Bethany Knox, CSA
SOUND DESIGN
Howell Binkley
MUSIC COORDINATOR

Charles G. LaPointe

LIGHTING DESIGN
Paul Tazewell
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE
Sam Rudy Media Relations
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER
COMPANY MANAGER
J. Philip Bassett
ARRANGEMENTS
Alex Lacamoire
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Nevin Steinberg
Brig Berney
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Baseline Theatrical
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. YOULL BE BACK
8. RIGHT HAND MAN
9. A WINTERS 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
Alexander Hamilton .............................................................................. LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
Eliza Hamilton.................................................................................................................. PHILLIPA SOO
Aaron Burr..................................................................................................................LESLIE ODOM, JR.
Angelica Schuyler............................................................................. RENE ELISE GOLDSBERRY
George Washington.............................................................................CHRISTOPHER JACKSON
Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson....................................................DAVEED DIGGS
Hercules Mulligan/James Madison......................................... OKIERIETE ONAODOWAN
John Laurens/Philip Hamilton.................................................................... ANTHONY RAMOS
Peggy Schuyler/Maria Reynolds................................................JASMINE CEPHAS JONES
King George............................................................................................................ JONATHAN GROFF
James Reynolds/Doctor............................................................... SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT
Samuel Seabury...............................................................................................THAYNE JASPERSON
Charles Lee................................................................................................................................... JON RUA
George Eacker............................................................................................................ EPHRAIM SYKES
Martha/Sentinel ....................................................................................................... ARIANA DeBOSE
Dolly............................................................................................................................SASHA HUTCHINGS
Ensemble Vocals
CARLEIGH BETTIOL, ANDREW CHAPPELLE, ARIANA DeBOSE,
ALYSHA DESLORIEUX, SYDNEY JAMES HARCOURT, NEIL HASKELL,
SASHA HUTCHINGS, THAYNE JASPERSON, STEPHANIE KLEMONS,
MORGAN MARCELL, JAVIER MUOZ, EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN, JON RUA,
AUSTIN SMITH, SETH STEWART, BETSY STRUXNESS, EPHRAIM SYKES,
VOLTAIRE WADE-GREENE
Orchestrations By.................................................................................................. ALEX LACAMOIRE

Music Coordination...........................................MICHAEL KELLER AND MICHAEL AARONS
Synthesizer and Drum Programmer ............................................................ RANDY COHEN
Broadway Sound Effects by..........................................................................NEVIN STEINBERG
Ableton Programmer..................................................................................... SCOTT WASSERMAN
Associate Synthesizer Programmer........................................................ TAYLOR WILLIAMS
Assistant Synthesizer Programmer...................................................................JEREMY KING
Drum Samples and Additional Loop Editing.................................................WILL WELLS
Conductor/Keyboard 1...................................................................................... ALEX LACAMOIRE
Keyboard 2/Associate Music Director.........................................................KURT CROWLEY
Concertmaster ............................................................................................. JONATHAN DINKLAGE
Violin .................................................................................................................ERIN BENIM MAYLAND
Viola/Violin .................................................................................................................... MARIO GOTOH
Cello.......................................................................................................................................... ANJA WOOD
Drums............................................................................................................................ ANDRES FORERO
Percussion/Keyboard............................................................................................. BENNY REINER
Bass/Keyboard.................................................................................................RICHARD HAMMOND
Guitars/Banjo.................................................................................................. ROBIN MACATANGAY
Additional Musicians For Recording:
Harp................................................................................................................................ LAURA SHERMAN
Wood Table On Aaron Burr, Sir........................... AHMIR QUESTLOVE THOMPSON
Mixed By.................................................................... TIM LATHAM at ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC

and INVICTUS SOUND, LONG ISLAND, NY
Recorded By.....................................................................DERIK LEE at AVATAR STUDIOS, NYC
Produced by ALEX LACAMOIRE, BILL SHERMAN, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
and ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC
and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK TROTTER for THE ROOTS
Executive Produced by LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA and AHMIR THOMPSON & TARIK Music Copying ...................................................... EMILY GRISHMAN MUSIC PREPARATION/
EMILY GRISHMAN, KATHARINE EDMONDS
TROTTER for THE ROOTS
Associate Producers: CRAIG KALLMAN, RIGGS MORALES, SEAN PATRICK FLAHAVEN Keyboard And Electric Drum Rental................................................... COHEN KEYBOARDS
Percussion Rental........................................................................................................... ERIC POLAND
and THOMAS KAIL
AvantGrand Piano provided by Yamaha
A&R: PETE GANBARG
Questlove exclusively plays ModernCre8ve Table 001 April Writing Desk
A&R Administration: CRAIG ROSEN
Series
Production Manager: JILL DELLABATE
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
1. ALEXANDER
HAMILTON
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.
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, dont forget from whence
you came, and
the world is gonna know your name. Whats
your name, man?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
Alexander Hamilton.
My name is Alexander Hamilton.
And theres a million things I havent 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,
COMPANY
for someone less

astute,
he woulda been dead
or destitute
without a cent of
restitution,
started workin,
clerkin for his late
mothers landlord,
tradin sugar cane
and rum and all the
things he cant afford
scammin for every
book he can get his
hands on,
plannin for the
future see him now as
he stands on
the bow of a ship
headed for a new
land,
In New York you can
be a new man.
COMPANY
COMPANY
Scammin
Plannin
Oooh
HAMILTON
And Alex got better but his mother went quick. In New York you can Just you wait!
And every day while slaves were being
be a new man
GEORGE
slaughtered and carted
In New York you can Just you wait!
WASHINGTON
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
COMPANY
committed suicide.
a part of,
In New York you can be a new man
Left him with nothin
the brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow
but ruined pride,
WOMEN
or barter.
something new inside,
In New York
a voice saying,
JAMES MADISON
COMPANY
You
gotta
fend
for
MEN
Then a hurricane came, and devastation
Alex,
yourself.
New York
reigned,
he
started
retreatin
you
gotta
fend
for
our man saw his future drip, dripping down
and readin every
yourself.
HAMILTON
the drain,
treatise on the shelf.
Just you wait!
put a pencil to his temple, connected it to
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
THOMAS JEFFERSON
COMPANY
We are waiting in the
Theres a million things I havent done,
wings for you.
Waiting in the wings
but just you wait!
for you.
You could
BURR
never back down,
Whats your name, man?
you never learned to You never learned to
take your time!
take your time!
COMPANY
Oh, Alexander
Oh, Alexander
Alexander Hamilton!
Hamilton
Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton...
When America sings
for you
America sings for you 2. AARON BURR, SIR
will they know what Will they know what
COMPANY
you overcame?
you overcame?
1776. New York City.
Will they know you Will they know you
rewrote the game? rewrote the game?
HAMILTON
The world will never The world will never
Pardon me. Are you Aaron Burr, sir?
be the same, oh.
be the same, oh.
BURR
The ship is in the

harbor now, see if
you can spot him.
Another immigrant,
comin up from the
bottom.
His enemies
destroyed his rep,
America forgot him
BURR
MEN
Just you wait
COMPANY
Just you wait
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
We fought with him.
That depends. Whos asking?
HAMILTON
Oh, well, sure, sir,

Im Alexander Hamilton, Im at your service,
sir.
I have been looking for you.
So howd you do it? Howd you graduate

so fast?
BURR
It was my parents dying wish before they

passed.
HAMILTON
Youre an orphan. Of course! Im an orphan.

God, I wish there was a war!
Then we could prove that were worth more
than anyone bargained for
BURR
Can I buy you a drink?
HAMILTON
That would be nice.
BURR
While were talking, let me offer you some

free advice.
Talk less.
HAMILTON
What?
BURR
BURR
Smile more.
HAMILTON
Ha.
Im getting nervous.
HAMILTON
WASHINGTON
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. Its a blur, sir. He handles
the financials?
ELIZA/ANGELICA/MARIA REYNOLDS
You punched the bursar.
You wanna get ahead?
HAMILTON
HAMILTON
LAURENS
Me? I died for him.

Me? I trusted him.
Me? I loved him.
BURR
And me? Im the damn fool that shot him.
BURR
BURR
Dont let them know what youre against or

what youre for.
HAMILTON
You cant be serious.
BURR
Yes!
Yes.
I wanted to do what you did. Graduate in two,
then join the revolution. He looked at me like I BURR
was stupid, Im not stupid.
Fools who run their mouths off wind up dead.
LAURENS
MULLIGAN
Yo yo yo yo yo!
What time is it?
Aaron Burr!
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!
BURR
Good luck with that: youre takin a stand.

You spit. Im a sit. Well see where we land.
Show time!
like I said
LAURENS
Show time! Show time! Yo!

Im John Laurens in the place to be!
Two pints o Sam Adams, but Im workin on
three, uh!
Those redcoats dont want it with me!
Cuz I will pop chick-a pop these cops till
Im free!
LAFAYETTE
Oui oui, mon ami, je mappelle Lafayette!

The Lancelot of the revolutionary set!
I came from afar just to say Bonsoir!
Tell the King Casse toi! Whos the best?
Cest moi!
MULLIGAN
Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan,

Up in it, lovin it, yes I heard ya mother said
Come again?
Lock up ya daughters and horses, of course
its hard to have intercourse over four sets
of corsets
LAURENS
No more sex, pour me another brew, son!

Lets raise a couple more
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
To the revolution!
LAURENS
Well, if it aint the prodigy of Princeton

college!
LAURENS
BURR
LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN
Boooo!
LAURENS
Burr, the revolutions imminent. What do

you stall for?
HAMILTON
If you stand for nothing, Burr, whatll you

fall for?
3. MY SHOT
LAURENS
MULLIGAN
LAFAYETTE
Ooh,
Ooh,
Ooh,
Who are you?
Who are you?
Who are you?
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE/LAURENS
Ooh, who is this kid? Whats he gonna do?
HAMILTON
I am not throwing away my shot!

Hey yo, Im just like my country,
Im young, scrappy and hungry,
and Im not throwing away my shot!
Im a get a scholarship to Kings College.
I probly shouldnt 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!
Im 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
evry burden, evry disadvantage
I have learned to manage, I dont have a gun
to brandish,
I walk these streets famished.
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame.
But damn, its getting dark, so let me spell
out the name,
I am the
HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE/MULLIGAN/
LAURENS
A-l-e-x-a-n-d
e-rwe aremeant 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 aint 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
Dont be shocked when your histry book

mentions me.
I will lay down my life if it sets us free.
Eventually, youll see my ascendancy,
HAMILTON
LAURENS
And I am not throwing My shot!

away my shot.
I am not throwing
My shot!
away my shot.
Hey yo, Im just like
my country,
Im young, scrappy
and hungry
and Im not throwing And Im not throwing
away my shot.
away my shot.
HAMILTON/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/
LAFAYETTE
I am not throwing away my shot.

Im young, scrappy and hungry
and Im not throwing away my shot.
Its time to take a shot!
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/
MULLIGAN
Shot!
BURR
Geniuses, lower your voices.

You keep out of trouble and you double your
choices.
Im with you, but the situation is fraught.
Youve got to be carefully taught:
If you talk, youre gonna get shot!
HAMILTON
Burr, check what we got.

Mister Lafayette, hard rock like Lancelot,
LAFAYETTE
I think your pants look hot,
I dream of life without a monarchy.
Laurens, I like you a lot.
The unrest in France will lead to onarchy?
Lets
hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin
Onarchy? How you say, how you say, anarchy?
the pot...
When I fight, I make the other side panicky.
What are the odds the gods would put us all
With myin one spot,
poppin a squat on conventional wisdom, like
it or not,
MULLIGAN
a bunch of revolutionary manumission
Shot!
abolitionists?
MULLIGAN
Give me a position, show me where the
Yo, Im a tailors apprentice,
ammunition is!
and I got yall knuckleheads in loco parentis.
Im joining the rebellion cuz I know its my
Oh, am I talkin too loud?
chance
Sometimes I get over excited, shoot off at
to socially advance, instead of sewin some
the mouth.
pants!
I never had a group of friends before,
Im gonna take aI promise that Ill make yall proud.
MULLIGAN
Shot!
LAURENS
But well 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-
LAURENS
Lets get this guy in front of a crowd.
HAM/LAUR/LAF/MULL/ENSEMBLE


LAURENS
Evrybody sing:
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Hey!
Whoa!
Wooh!!
Whoa!
Ay, let em hear ya!
Lets go!
I said shout it to the
rooftops!
Said, to the rooftops!
Come on!
Come on, lets go!
HAM/LAF/MULL
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa!
Whoa!
Yea!
COMPANY
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa!
Whoa!
Yea!
LAURENS
Rise up!
When youre living on
your knees,
you rise up.
Tell your brother that
hes gotta rise up.
Tell your sister that
she's gotta rise up.
LAURENS AND
ENSEMBLE
When are these

colonies gonna
rise up?
When are these
colonies gonna
rise up
When are these
colonies gonna
rise up
When are these
colonies gonna
rise up?
Whoa! Whoa!
Whoa!
Whoa!
Rise up!
Whoa!
Rise up!
HAMILTON
I imagine death so much it feels more like

a memory
Whens it gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
comin, do I run or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I never thought Id 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, thats
plenty.
Scratch that,
this is not a moment, its 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?
Zat 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
Ive been readin n writin.
We need to handle our financial situation.
Are we a nation of states? Whats the state of
our nation?
Im past patiently waitin. Im passionately
smashin every expectation,
every actions an act of creation!
Im laughin in the face of casualties and
sorrow,
for the first time, Im thinkin past tomorrow,
HAMILTON AND COMPANY
And I am not throwing away my shot.


HAMILTON/
LAURENS/
LAFAYETTE/
MULLIGAN
Were gonna
rise up! Time to take
a shot!
Were gonna
rise up! Time to take
a shot!
Were gonna
ENSEMBLE
Not throwing away

my shot.
Not throwing away
my shot.
Were gonna
HAMILTON
HAM/LAF/MULL/
LAUR
Time to take a shot!

Take a shot!
Shot!
Shot!
A-yo, its
time to take a shot!
And I am
HAMILTON
I may not live to see our glory!
rise up!
Rise up!
4. THE STORY
OF TONIGHT
HAMILTON
But I will gladly join the fight!
But I will gladly join the fight!
HAMILTON
And when our children tell our story...
And when our children tell our story...

Rise up!
Rise up!
HAMILTON
Theyll tell the story of tonight.
MULLIGAN
Lets have another round tonight.

Rise up!
Rise up!
Ri- ri- ri
LAFAYETTE
HAMILTON

And I am
LAURENS
HAM/LAF/MULL/LAUR
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.
COMPANY
Tomorrow therell be more of us.
Not throwin away my-
Not throwin away my shot!
LAURENS/MULLIGAN
Telling the story of tonight.
HAMILTON
Theyll 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
LAURENS
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
PEGGY
Daddy said not to go downtown.
ELIZA
Like I said, youre free to go.
ANGELICA
Butlook around, look around, the

revolutions happening in New York.
ELIZA/PEGGY
Raise a glass to the four of us.
COMPANY
New York.
HAMILTON/LAURENS/MULLIGAN/
LAFAYETTE
Tomorrow therell be more of us.
ANGELICA
Angelica
Angelica!
HAMILTON/LAURENS
Work, work!
COMPANY
SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANY
Telling the story of tonight
COMPANY
Work!
Work, work!
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
PEGGY
Lets have another round tonight
ELIZA
Its bad enough daddy wants to go to war.
Eliza!
HAMILTON/
LAURENS/
ENSEMBLE
PEGGY
People shouting in the square.
COMPANY
Its bad enough therell be violence on our

shore.
They'll tell the story

of tonight
of tonight
of tonight
FULL ENSEMBLE
MULLIGAN/
LAFAYETTE/
ENSEMBLE
Raise a glass to
freedom
Raise a glass to
freedom
Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters!
ANGELICA
Angelica!
PEGGY
Peggy!
Theyll tell the story of- ELIZA

Eliza!
Tonight
5. THE SCHUYLER
SISTERS
BURR
And Peggy!
Theres nothing rich folks love more
COMPANY
Work!
PEGGY
Daddy said to be home by sundown.
ANGELICA
Daddy doesnt need to know.
ELIZA
PEGGY
ANGELICA
New ideas in the air.
ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLE

Look around, look around
ELIZA
Angelica, remind me what were looking for
ALL MEN
Shes lookin for me!
ANGELICA
Eliza, Im lookin
for a mind at work.
Im lookin for a
mind at work!
Im lookin for a
mind at work!
COMPANY
Work, work!
Work, work!
Work, work!
WOMEN
Whooaaaaa!
Work!
ELIZA/ANGELICA/
PEGGY
Whooaaaaa!
Work!
ELIZA
Work!
BURR
Wooh! Theres nothin like summer in the city.

Someone in a rush next to someone lookin
pretty.
Excuse me, miss, I know its not funny
But your perfume smells like your daddys
got money.
Why you slummin in the city in your fancy heels
You searchin for an urchin who can give you
ideals?
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!
SCHUYLERS SISTERS AND COMPANY

In the greatest city in the world!
ANGELICA
Burr, you disgust me.
BURR
Ah, so youve discussed me.

Im a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
ANGELICA
Ive been reading Common Sense by Thomas

Paine.
So men say that Im intense or Im 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,
ANGELICA
Cuz Ive been

reading
Common
Sense by
Thomas Paine.
So men say
that Im
intense or Im
insane.
ANGELICA
You want a
revolution?
I want a
revelation
COMPANY
So listen
to my
declaration:
ANGELICA
ANG/ELI/
PEG
Unh!
Im a compel him to include women in the

sequel!
to be self
evident
that all men
are created
equal
Whoo!
We
hold these
truths
ELIZA/
PEGGY
MEN
Look around
Hey! Hey!
Look around
Hey! Hey!
At how lucky
we are
to be alive
Hey! Hey!
right now!
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
Look around, Hey! Hey! Hey! ALL MEN

In the greatest citylook around Hey!
COMPANY
The
Hey! Hey! Hey! COMPANY
revolutions Hey!
Work, work!
happening inWork, work!
ELIZA/
PEGGY
WOMEN
In New York!
Look around,
look
around the
revolutions
happening
New York!
ELIZA
Eliza!
Work, work!
Hey! Hey!
PEGGY
And Peggy!
ANGELICA/ELIZA/
PEGGY
Work, work!
Work, work!
FEMALE
ENSEMBLE
ANGELICA
Angelica!
Work, work!
The Schuyler sisters!

Were looking for a
mind at
work!
Hey!
Hey!
revolution is comin.
The
ELIZA/
have-nots are gonna
COMPANY ANGELICA PEGGY
win this, its
Work, work! Whoa!
Hey! Hey!
hard to listen to you
Work, work!
Hey! Hey! Hey! with a straight face.
In the greatest
Work, work! In the greatest
Chaos and bloodshed
city in the
city in the
already haunt
world
world
us, honestly you
shouldn't even
COMPANY
talk. And what about
Boston?
Look at the
cost, n all that weve
6. FARMER REFUTED
lost n you talk
about Congress?!
Work, work!
SAMUEL 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.

Dont let them lead you astray.
This Congress does not speak for me.
BURR
Let him be.
SEABURY
Theyre playing a dangerous game.

I pray the king shows you his mercy.
For shame, for shame . . .
HAMILTON
Yo!
Hed have you all
unravel at the
sound of screams
but the
SEABURY
Heed not the rabble
Who scream
Revolution, they
HAMILTON
Honestly, look at me, please dont read!
Have not your

interests at
heart.
SEABURY
Chaos and bloodshed

are not
A solution.
Dont modulate the key then not debate

with me!
Why should a tiny island across the sea
regulate the price of tea?
Dont let them lead

you
Alexander, please!
astray.
HAMILTON
Not your interests
HAMILTON
BURR
Burr, Id rather be divisive than indecisive,

This Congress does not drop the niceties.
speak for
ENSEMBLE
My dog speaks more me,
Silence! A message from the Kng!
eloquently
than thee!
theyre playing a
A message from the King!
dangerous
But strangely, your game.
FULL COMPANY
mange is the same.
I pray the king shows A message from the King!
you his mercy.
Is he in Jersey?
7. YOULL BE BACK
For shame,
For the
KING GEORGE
revolution!
You say
For shame,
the price of my loves not a price that youre
willing to pay.
COMPANY
You cry
For the
in your tea which you hurl in the sea when you
revolution!
see me go by.
SEABURY
Why so sad?
Heed
Remember we made an arrangement when
you went away,
HAMILTON
now youre making me mad.
If you repeat yourself again Im gonna
Remember, despite our estrangement, Im
your man.
SEABURY/HAMILTON
Youll be back.
Scream
Soon youll see.
Youll remember you belong to me.
Youll be back.
Time will tell.

Youll 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 cant
go on.
Youll be the one complaining when I am
gone . . .
And no, dont change the subject
cuz youre my favorite subject.
My sweet, submissive subject,
my loyal, royal subject,
forever and ever and ever and ever and ever
Youll be back,
like before.
I will fight the fight and win the war
for your love,
for your praise,
and Ill love you till my dying days.
When youre gone
Ill go mad,
so dont 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 dat datEverybody!
ENSEMBLE

HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/
Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da da da da LAFAYETTE
dat dat da ya da!
Rise up!
HAMILTON
8. RIGHT HAND MAN
Understand? Its the only way to-
COMPANY
HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/
ENSEMBLE 1
Here he comes!
LAFAYETTE
British Admiral Howes got troops on the
Rise up! Rise up!
water.
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor.
Thirty-two thousand
troops in New York
ENSEMBLE 2
harbor.
Thirty-two thousand
troops in New York
When they surround harbor.
our troops!
They surround our
They surround our
troops!
troops!
When they surround They surround our
our troops!
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
ENSEMBLE
Here comes the General!
BURR
Ladies and gentlemen!
ENSEMBLE
BURR
The moment youve been waiting for!
ENSEMBLE
BURR
HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ The pride of Mount Vernon!
LAFAYETTE
Rise up!
ENSEMBLE
HAMILTON
If they tell my story

I am either gonna die on the battlefield in
glory or-
Here comes the general!
BURR
George Washington!
WASHINGTON
HAMILTON/BURR/MULLIGAN/LAURENS/ We are outgunned,
LAFAYETTE
outmanned,
Rise up!
HAMILTON
We will fight for this land

but theres only one man
who can give us a command so we can-
outnumbered,
outplanned.
ENSEMBLE
What?
What?
Buck, buck, buck, buck,
buck!
We gotta make an
all out stand
ayo, Im gonna need Buck, buck, buck, buck,
a right-hand man.
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 Im 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...
HAMILTON
We gotta stop em and rob em

of their advantages.
MULLIGAN
Rah!
HAMILTON
Lets take a stand with the stamina God has

granted us.
Hamilton wont abandon ship,
Yo, lets steal their cannons-
MULLIGAN
Shh-boom!
ENSEMBLE
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
COMPANY
Any hope of success is fleeting,

how can I keep leading when the people Im
leading keep retreating?
We put a stop to the bleeding as the British
take Brooklyn,
knight takes rook, but look,
We are outgunned,
outmanned,
outnumbered,
outplanned.
Boom!
ENSEMBLE
What?
What?
Boom!
WASHINGTON
Goes the cannon, were abandonin Kips

Bay and...
COMPANY
Boom!
WASHINGTON
Theres another ship and...

Buck, buck, buck, buck,
buck!
COMPANY
We gotta make an all
Boom!
out stand
WASHINGTON
ayo, Im gonna need a
We just lost the southern tip and...
right-hand man.
Incoming!
HAMILTON
Theyre battering down the Battery

check the damages.
MULLIGAN
Rah!
BURR
Your excellency, sir!
WASHINGTON
Who are you?
Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit BURR
spray and...
Aaron Burr, Sir?
Permission to state my case?
Boom!
WASHINGTON
COMPANY
my forces, theyre 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.
Im in dire need of assistance . . .
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
COMPANY
Boom!
I have some questions, a couple of

suggestions
on how to fight instead of fleeing west.
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
We gotta run to Harlem quick, we cant afford Yes?

another slip.
BURR
Guns and horses giddyup,
WellI decide to divvy up
HAMILTON
WASHINGON AND COMPANY
WASHINGTON
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 dont think so.
HAMILTON
You need all the help you can get.

I have some friends. Laurens, Mulligan,
Marquis de Lafayette, okay, what else?
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY
Your excellency, you wanted to see me?

Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
Yes, sir.
HAMILTON AND 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.
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
Whyre you upset?
HAMILTON
Im not
WASHINGTON
Its alright, you want to fight, youve 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
HAMILTON
Outnumbered, outplanned!
HAMILTON
Well need some spies on the inside,

Some Kings men who might let some things
slide.
HAMILTON
COMPANY
Ill write to Boom!

Congress and
tell em we
need supplies,
you rally the
guys, master
the element
of surprise. Chicka-boom!
ELI/ANG/
PEG
Whoa, whoa,
whoa
Whoa, whoa,
whoa
Why are you telling me this?
Ill rise above

my station,
organize your
Im being honest.
Im working with a third of what our Congress information
til
we rise to
has promised.
the occasion
We are a powder keg about to explode,
I need someone like you to lighten the load. So? of our new
nation. Sir!
WASHINGTON
ELI/ANG/
PEG AND
WOMEN
Whoa, whoa,
whoa
COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)
I am not throwin away my shot!

Ayo, Im just like my country, Im young,
scrappy and hungry!
HAMILTON
Sir!
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON
Dont get me wrong, youre a young man, of

great renown.
We are outgunned, outmanned!
Son,
ENSEMBLE
HAMILTON
Rise up!
LAUR/LAF/MULL
What?
But what do we have in common? Were

reliable with the
ENSEMBLE
Here comes the

General!
HAMILTON
Rise up!
ALL MEN
Ladies!
SCHUYLER
SISTERS
BURR
Rise up!
LAUR/LAF/
MULL
What?
Rise up!
ALL MEN
Ladies!
BURR
ENSEMBLE
Looks! Proximity to power.
HAMILTON
There are so many to deflower.
SCHUYLER
SISTERS AND
WOMEN
Rise up!
ALL MEN
Ladies!
LAUR/LAF/
MULL
What?
FULL COMPANY
HAMILTON
What?
WASHINGTON
And his right hand man!
FULL COMPANY
Boom!
BURR
They delighted and distracted him.

Martha Washington named her feral tomcat
after him!
HAMILTON
Thats true.
FULL COMPANY
1780.
BURR
A winters ball
and the Schuyler sisters are the envy of all.
Yo, if you can marry a sister, youre rich, son.
HAMILTON
9. A WINTERS BALL
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 Hamiltons skill with a quill is undeniable
Is it a question of if, Burr, or which one?
10. HELPLESS
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 skys the limit Im
helpless!
Down for the count, and Im 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 shes dazzling the
room
then you walked in and my heart went
Boom!
Tryin to catch your eye from the side of the
ballroom,
everybodys dancin and the bands top
volume.
ELIZA AND WOMEN
Grind to the rhythm as we wine and dine.
ELIZA
Grab my sister, and

whisper, Yo, this
ones mine.
My sister made her
way across the room
to you
and I got nervous,
thinking Whats she
gonna do?
She grabbed you by
the arm, Im thinkin
Im through
Then you look back at
me and suddenly Im
Helpless!
ALL WOMEN
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Helpless!
Oh, look at those eyes,

Oh!
Yeah, Im
helpless, I know
Im so into you,
I am so into you.
ANGELICA
Look into your eyes,
And the skys the limit
Im
Helpless!
Down for the count,
And Im drownin
in em.
Im helpless!
And the skys the
limit Im
helpless!
I know, Im down for

the count
And Im drownin
in em.
Down for the count,
And Im drownin
in em
HAMILTON
Where are you taking me?
ANGELICA
Im about to change your life.
HAMILTON
Then by all means, lead the way.
ELIZA
Elizabeth Schuyler. Its 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.
Ill leave you to it.
Helpless!
ELIZA AND WOMEN
One week later
ELIZA
Im 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.
Helpless!
Hoo!
That boy is mine,

that boy is mine!
ANGELICA
Im just sayin, if you really loved me, you

would share him.
ELIZA
Ha!
Two weeks later,
In the living room
stressin,
my fathers stonefaced
while youre asking
for his
blessin.
Im dying inside, as
you wine
and dine
and Im tryin not to
cry, cause
theres nothing that
your mind cant do.
My father makes his
way across the room
to you.
I panic for a second,
thinking, were
through
But then he shakes
your hand and says,
Be true
And you turn back to
me, smiling, and Im
ALL WOMEN
Two weeks later,

stressin
Helpless! Helpless!
Down for the count,
And Im drownin
in em
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh
Oooh

And the skys the
limit Im
helpless!
Down for the count,
and Im drownin
in em
helpless!
Down for the count,
and Im drownin
in em
HAMILTON
blessin.
Helpless!
and the skys the
limit Im
Helpless!
Down for the count,
and Im drownin in
em Im
helpless!
Eliza, I dont have a dollar to my name,

an acre of land, a troop to command, a dollop
of fame.
All I haves 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.
Well get a little place in Harlem and well
figure it out.
Ive been livin without a family since I was
a child.
My father left, my mother died, I grew up
buckwild.
But Ill never forget my mothers face, that
was real,
and long as Im alive, Eliza, swear to God,

youll never feel so
ELIZA
HAMILTON
Eliza
Ive never
felt so-
My life is gon
be fine
cuz Elizas
in it.
I do I do I do
I do!
I do I do I do
I do!
Hey! Yeah,
yeah!
Im
Down for the
count, Im-
ALL WOMEN
Helpless!
Helpless!
Helpless!
Down for the
count and
Im drownin
in em
Helpless!
I look into
your eyes,
Helpless!
and the skys
the limit
Im
Helpless!
drownin
in em.
Down for the
count,
and Im
drownin in
em.
11. SATISFIED
ANGELICA
ANGELICA
I remember that dreamlike candlelight

like a dream that you cant quite place,
I remember that night, I just might

LAURENS
regret that night for the rest of my days.
Alright, alright. Thats what Im talkin about!
Now everyone give it up for the maid of honor, I remember those soldier boys
Angelica Schuyler!
tripping over themselves to win our praise.
A toast to the
groom!
ALL MEN
To the groom!
To the groom! ALL WOMEN
To the groom! To the groom!
To the bride!
To the bride!
From your
sister,
ELIZA
Helpless.
To the bride!
ELIZA AND
WOMEN
Angelica!
Angelica!
Angelica!
who is always Angelica!
by your side.
By your side! By your side!
To your union,
To the union!
To the union! To the
revolution!
To the
revolution!
and the hope
that
you provide.
You provide!
You provide! You provide!
May you
always...
HAMILTON
AND MEN
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
To the bride! To the bride!
be satisfied.
but Alexander, Ill 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, evry part aflame,
FULL COMPANY
This is not a game
HAMILTON
You strike me as a woman who has never been

satisfied.
ANGELICA
Im sure I dont know what you mean. You

forget yourself.
HAMILTON
Youre like me. Im never satisfied.
ANGELICA
Is that right?
HAMILTON
I have never been satisfied.
ANGELICA
My name is Angelica Schuyler.
HAMILTON
Always
Always
Alexander Hamilton.
Rewind
Rewind
ANGELICA
Wheres your famly from?
HAMILTON
Unimportant. Theres a million things I

havent 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? Its
the feeling of freedom, of seein the light,
its Ben Franklin with a key and a kite! You
see it, right?
The conversation lasted two minutes, maybe
three minutes,
evrything we said in total agreement, its
a dream and its a bit of a dance,
a bit of a posture, its a bit of a stance. Hes a
bit of a flirt, but Im a give it a chance.
I asked about his famly, did you see his
answer?
His hands started fidgeting, he looked askance?
Hes penniless, hes flying by the seat of
his pants.
ANGELICA AND COMPANY
Thank you for all your service.
HAMILTON
Where are you taking me?
If it takes fighting a war for us to meet, it will

have been worth it.
ANGELICA
ANGELICA
HAMILTON
COMPANY
COMPANY (EXCEPT ANGELICA)
ANGELICA
Im about to change your life.
Then by all means, lead the way.

Number one!
ANGELICA
Im a girl in a world in which

my only job is to marry rich.
My father has no sons so Im the one
who has to social climb for one,
so Im the oldest and the wittiest and the
gossip in
New York City is insidious,
Alexander is penniless,
Ha! That doesnt mean I want him any less.
Handsome, boy, does he know it!

Peach fuzz, and he cant even grow it!
ELIZA
I wanna take him far away from this place,
Elizabeth Schuyler. Its a pleasure to meet you.
then I turn and see my sisters 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
ELIZA
Three fundamental truths at the exact same

time
HAMILTON
Ill leave you to it.
Number three!
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 shed be silently
resigned,
hed be mine.
She would say, Im fine
ANGELICA AND COMPANY

Shed be lying.
ANGELICA
ANGELICA
But when I fantasize at night

its Alexanders eyes,
as I romanticize what might
have been if I hadnt sized him
up so quickly.
At least my dear Elizas his wife;
at least I keep his eyes in my life
COMPANY
ANGELICA
HAMILTON
Schuyler?
My sister.
Number two!
ANGELICA
Hes after me cuz Im a Schuyler sister.

That elevates his status, Id
have to be nave to set that aside,
maybe that is why I introduce him to Eliza,
now thats his bride.
Nice going, Angelica, he was right,
You will never be satisfied.
ALL MEN
(EXCEPT
HAMILTON)
To the bride!
ALL WOMEN
(EXCEPT
To the groom! ELIZA)

To the bride!
To the bride!
To the bride! To the bride!
From your
sister,
who is always
by your side.
To your union,
and the hope

that you
provide.
May you
always
be satisfied.
And I know
Shell be
happy as
his bride.
And I know
ANGELICA
Angelica!
Angelica!
ELIZA AND
WOMEN
Angelica!
12. THE STORY OF

TONIGHT (REPRISE)
LAURENS
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
By your side.

By your side.
To the union! To the union!

To the
To the
revolution! revolution!
LAURENS
But Ive seen wonders great and small.
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
Ive seen wonders great and small.
LAURENS
You provide!
You provide! You provide!
HAMILTON
AND MEN
Always
Be satisfied,
be satisfied,
MEN
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
He will never be satisfied.

I will never be satisfied.
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
If Alexander can get married
LAURENS
LAURENS
Lets have another round
HAMILTON
Well, if it isnt Aaron Burr.
BURR
Sir!
HAMILTON
I didnt think that you would make it.
BURR
To be sure.
MULLIGAN/LAFAYETTE
Burr!
BURR
I came to say congratulations.
Always-
Theres hope for our ass, after all!
be satisfied.
Raise a glass to freedom.
WOMEN
Hey!
Something you will never see again!
I see the whole gang is here.
MULLIGAN
You are the worst, Burr!
LAFAYETTE
LAURENS
Ignore them. Congrats to you, Lieutenant

Colonel.
I wish I had your command instead of
manning Georges journal.
LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON
No, you dont.
MULLIGAN
Yes, I do.
LAURENS/LAFAYETTE/HAMILTON
Now, be sensible.
LAFAYETTE
LAURENS/MULLIGAN
Be satisfied.
No matter what she tells you.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Cuz if the tomcat can get married,
LAFAYETTE
Well tell the story of tonight.
Lets have another round tonight!

Be satisfied.
Be satisfied.
Raise a glass to the four of us!

Ho!
To the newly not poor of us!

Woo!
MULLIGAN
Spit a verse, Burr!
BURR
LAFAYETTE
HAMILTON
BURR
HAMILTON
BURR
BURR
From what I hear, youve made yourself

indispensible.
Shes married to a British officer.
LAURENS
HAMILTON
HAMILTON
Congrats again, Alexander. Smile more.

Ill see you on the other side of the war.
Well, well, I heard

Oh shit
youve got a special someone on the side, Burr.
Is that so?
LAURENS
What are you tryin to hide, Burr?
BURR
HAMILTON
BURR
I will never understand you.

If you love this woman, go get her! What are
you waiting for?
HAMILTON
I should go.
No, these guys should go.
BURR
HAMILTON
LAFAYETTE
No!
LAURENS
13. WAIT FOR IT
HAMILTON
BURR
What?
Theodosia writes me a letter evry day.

Im keeping her bed warm while her husband
is away.
MULLIGAN
Hes on the British side in Georgia.
Man
Hes tryin to keep the colonies in line.
He can keep all of Georgia.
HAMILTON
Its alright, Burr. I wish youd brought this girl Theodosia, shes mine.
with you tonight, Burr.
Love doesnt discriminate
BURR
between the sinners
Youre very kind, but Im afraid its unlawful, and the saints,
sir.
it takes and it takes and it takes
and we keep loving anyway.
HAMILTON
We laugh and we cry
What do you mean?
and we break
and we make our mistakes.
BURR
And if theres a reason Im by her side
Shes married.
when so many have tried
then Im willing to wait for it.
HAMILTON
Im willing to wait for it.
I see.
Leave us alone.
BURR
My
grandfather
was a fire and
brimstone
MEN
preacher,
Preacher,
preacher,
preacher
But there are
things that
the homilies
and hymns
wont teach Teach ya,
ya.
teach ya,
teach ya
My mother
was
a genius,
my father
commanded Respect,
respect.
respect
When they
died they
left no
instructions.
Just a legacy
to protect.
BURR/ENSEMBLE
WOMEN
Genius
Death doesnt 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 theres a reason Im still alive
when everyone who loves me has died
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
Im not falling behind or running late
ENSEMBLE
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
BURR
Im 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
Hamiltons pace is relentless,

he wastes no time
ENSEMBLE
we rise and we fall and

we break
and we make our
We fall
mistakes.
and if there's a reason and if there's a reason
Im still alive
Im still alive
when so many have when so many have
died,
died,
then Im willin' tothen Im willin to-
BURR
Wait for it...

Wait for it...
Time
Time
Time
WOMEN
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
BURR
What is it like in his shoes?
Wait for it
Hamilton doesnt 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 theres a reason
he seems to thrive when so few survive, then
Goddamnit-
Wait for it
14. STAY ALIVE
BURR
Stay alive...
I'm willing to 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.
We rise
COMPANY
I'm willing to wait

for it
Wait for it
Wait for...
I'm willing toLife doesn't
discriminate
between the sinners
and the saints,
it takes and it takes
and it takes
and we keep living
anyway,
MEN
Wait for it.

Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait...
ELIZA
Stay alive...
ELIZA/ANGELICA/ENSEMBLE WOMEN
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
MULLIGAN
The cavalrys not coming.
I go back to New York and my apprenticeship.
HAMILTON
LAFAYETTE
Sir!
WASHINGTON
Alex, listen. Theres only one way for us to

win this.
Provoke outrage, outright.
HAMILTON
Thats right.
WASHINGTON
Dont engage, strike by night.

Remain relentless til their troops take flight.
HAMILTON
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 days 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 evry day,
Make it impossible to justify the cost of the

fight.
Sir, entrust me with a command,

and evry day,
WASHINGTON
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.

Were gonna fly a lot of flags half-mast.
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE
Raise a glass!
LEE
Retreat!
WASHINGTON
Attack!
LEE
Retreat!
WASHINGTON
What are you doing, Lee? Get back on your

feet!
LEE
But theres so many of them!
WASHINGTON
Im sorry, is this not your speed?!

Hamilton!
Ready, sir!
HAMILTON
WASHINGTON
He dismisses me out of hand.
HAMILTON
Evryone attack!
HAMILTON
No.
Instead of me,
he promotes LEE
Charles Lee. Charles Lee.
Makes him
second-incommand:
WASHINGTON
ELIZA/
ANGELICA
Stay alive
LEE
Im a General. Whee!!!!
HAMILTON
Yeah. Hes not the choice I would have gone

with.
HAMILTON/LAURENS/LAFAYETTE
He shits the bed at the Battle of Monmouth.
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 sayin 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.
Number one!
LAURENS
COMPANY
Five!
LEE
The challenge: demand satisfaction.

If they apologize, no need for further action.
Duel before the sun is in the sky.
COMPANY
COMPANY
15. TEN DUEL

COMMANDMENTS
COMPANY
Alexander.
MEN
LAURENS
COMPANY
Oo!!
Number two!
Pick a place to die where its high and dry,

number six!
Dont do a thing. History will prove him wrong. LAURENS
If they dont, grab a friend, thats your second. HAMILTON
HAMILTON
Leave a note for your next of kin.
HAMILTON
But, sir!
Tell em where you been. Pray that hell or
Your lieutenant when theres reckoning to
heaven lets you in.
WASHINGTON
be reckoned.
We have a war to fight, lets move along.
COMPANY
COMPANY
Seven!
LAURENS
Number three!
Strong words from Lee, someone oughta hold
LEE
LEE
him to it.
Confess your sins, ready for the moment
Have your seconds meet face to face.
of adrenaline when you finally face your
HAMILTON
opponent.
BURR
I cant disobey direct orders.
Negotiate a peace
COMPANY
LAURENS
Number eight!
HAMILTON
Then Ill do it.
Alexander, youre the closest friend Ive got. Or negotiate a time and place.
LAURENS/LEE/HAMILTON/BURR
Your last chance to negotiate.
BURR
HAMILTON
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the
This is commonplace, specially tween
Laurens, do not throw away your shot.
record straight
recruits.
WASHINGTON
One, two, three, four
FULL COMPANY
Five, six, seven, eight, nine
BURR/HAMILTON/LAURENS/LEE
Its the Ten Duel Commandments.
FULL COMPANY
Its the Ten Duel Commandments.
Most disputes die, and no one shoots.

Number four!
If they dont reach a peace, thats 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.
BURR
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 thats absurd, sir.
HAMILTON
COMPANY
BURR
This should be fun.
Hang on, how many men died because Lee

was inexperienced and ruinous?
Okay, so were doin this.
COMPANY
BURR
WASHINGTON
Number nine!
What is the meaning of this? Mr. Burr,

get a medic for the General.
HAMILTON
BURR
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!
16. MEET ME INSIDE

HAMILTON
Lee, do you yield?
BURR
You shot him in the side!

Yes, he yields!
LAURENS
Im satisfied.
BURR
Yo, we gotta clear the field!
HAMILTON
Go! We won.
Yes, sir.
WASHINGTON
Lee, you will never agree with me,

but believe me, these young men dont speak
for me.
Thank you for your service.
BURR
Lets ride!
WASHINGTON
You solve nothing, you aggravate our allies

to the south.
HAMILTON
Youre absolutely right. John should have shot

him in the mouth.
That wouldve shut him up.
WASHINGTON
Son
HAMILTON
Im notcha son
WASHINGTON
Watch your tone.

I am not a maiden in need of defending, I
am grown.
HAMILTON (OVERLAPPING)
WASHINGTON
Hamilton!
Charles Lee, Thomas Conway,

these men take your name and they rake it
through the mud.
HAMILTON
WASHINGTON
Sir!
WASHINGTON
Meet me inside.
COMPANY
Meet him inside! Meet him inside! Meet him

inside, meet him, meet him inside!
WASHINGTON
Son
HAMILTON
Dont call me son.
WASHINGTON
This war is hard enough

without infighting
HAMILTON
Lee called you out. We called his bluff.
My names been through a lot, I can take it.
HAMILTON
Well, I dont have your name. I dont have

your titles.
I dont 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
Im more than willing to die
WASHINGTON
ELIZA
Your wife needs you alive, son, I need you

alive
Im not sorry.
HAMILTON
I knew youd fight

The wars not
until the war was won
done.
But you deserve a
chance to meet
your son.
Look around, look
around
at how lucky we are
to be alive
right now.
Call me son one more time
WASHINGTON
Go home, Alexander.
Thats an order from your commander.
HAMILTON
Sir
WASHINGTON
Go home.
17. THAT WOULD

BE ENOUGH
ELIZA
ELIZA
HAMILTON
HAMILTON
Will you relish being a poor mans wife,

unable to provide for your life?
ELIZA
I relish being your wife.

Look around, look around at how lucky we are Look around, look around
to be alive right now.
Look at where you are.
Look around, look around
Look at where you started.
HAMILTON
The fact that youre alive is a miracle.
How long have you known?
Just stay alive, that would be enough.
ELIZA
And if this child
HAMILTON
Shares a fraction of your smile

or a fragment of your mind, look out world!
That would be enough.
A month or so.
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.
I dont pretend to know

the challenges youre facing.
The worlds you keep erasing and creating in
your mind.
But Im not afraid.
I know who I married.
So long as you come home at the end of
the day
that would be enough.
We dont need a legacy.

We dont need money.
If I could grant you peace of mind,
If you could let me inside your heart...
Oh, let me be a 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.
18. GUNS AND SHIPS

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 flag
higher?
Yo. Turns out we have a secret weapon!
An immigrant you know and love whos
unafraid to step in!
Hes constantly confusin, confoundin the
British henchmen.
Evryone give it up for Americas favorite
fighting Frenchman!
COMPANY
Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE
Im takin this horse by the reins makin

redcoats redder with bloodstains.
COMPANY
Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE
And Im never gonna stop until I make em

drop and burn em up and scatter their
remains, Im-
COMPANY
Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE
Watch me engagin em! Escapin em!

Enragin em! Im-
COMPANY
Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE
I go to France for more funds.
COMPANY
Lafayette!
LAFAYETTE
I come back with more
LAFAYETTE
Sir, youre gonna have to use him eventually,

whats he gonna do on the bench? I mean

Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE
No one has more resilience

or matches my practical tactical brilliance

Hamilton!
19. HISTORY HAS

ITS EYES ON YOU
LAFAYETTE
You wanna
fight for your
land back?
WASHINGTON
I was younger then you are now

when I was given my first command.
I led my men straight into a massacre.
I witnessed their deaths firsthand.
COMPANY
LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE
Guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts.
Hamilton!
WASHINGTON
I made every mistake,

I felt the shame rise in me,
And even now I lie awake,
I need my
right hand
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate man back!
their gifts.
WASHINGTON
LAFAYETTE
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them

off at sea, but
for this to succeed, theres someone else
we need:
WASHINGTON
I know.

Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench.

ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean

Hamilton!
WASHINGTON
Alexander Hamilton,
troops are waiting in the field for you.
If you join us right now, together we can turn
the tide.
Oh, Alexander Hamilton,
I have soldiers who will yield for you.
If we manage to get this right,
theyll surrender by early light.
The world will never be the same, Alexander
WOMEN
LAFAYETTE Hamilton!
MEN
Ah! Uh, get

ya right hand
man back
you know you Hamilton!
gotta get ya
right hand
man back
Get your right

hand man
back!
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!
Hamilton!
Hamilton!
HaHa-
Hamilton,
Hamilton!
Ha- ha-!
Hamilton,
Hamilton!
Ha- ha-!
WASHINGTON
LAURENS/
MULLIGAN
Knowing history has Whoa

its eyes
on me.
Whoa
Whoa
Yeah
HAMILTON/
WASHINGTON
History has its
eyes on
me.
WASHINGTON
COMPANY
Whoa
Whoa.
Whoa
Yeah
Let me tell you what I wish Id known

when I was young and dreamed of glory:
You have no control:
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story.
WASHINGTON
HAMILTON
So what happens if we win?
LAFAYETTE
We gotta go, gotta get the job done,

gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out your gun!
ENSEMBLE
I know that we can win.

I know that greatness lies in you.
But remember from here on in,
I go back to France,
I bring freedom to my people if Im given
the chance.
What?
WASHINGTON/
HAMILTON AND
MEN
Well be with you when you do.
HAMILTON
The bullets out your gun!
LAFAYETTE
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.
Its either that or meet the business end of
a bayonet.
The code word is Rochambeau, dig me?
History has its

Eyes on you.
ENSEMBLE
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Go lead your men.

See you on the other side.
LAFAYETTE
FULL COMPANY
Til we meet again, lets go!
20. YORKTOWN
(THE WORLD TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN)

Hey yo, Im just like my country, Im young,
scrappy and hungry
and Im not throwin away my shot!
COMPANY
History has its eyes on you.
The battle of Yorktown. 1781.
ENSEMBLE
HAMILTON
How you say, no sweat.

Finally on the field. Weve had quite a run.
LAFAYETTE
Immigrants:
HAMILTON/LAFAYETTE
We get the job done.
HAMILTON
Well never be free until we end slavery!
Til the world turns upside down!
In command where you belong.
ENSEMBLE
Rochambeau!
HAMILTON
HAMILTON
LAFAYETTE
HAMILTON
ENSEMBLE
Til the world turns upside down...
Monsieur Lafayette.
ENSEMBLE
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
bravry.
HAMILTON
LAFAYETTE
Monsieur Hamilton.
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 Elizas expecting me...
not only that, my Elizas expecting.
HAMILTON/LAURENS
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. Thats 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
HAMILTON
COMPANY
And as our fallen foes retreat,

I hear the drinking song theyre singing
They say
the price of my wars not a price that theyre
willing to pay.
Insane.
You cheat with the French, now Im fighting
with France and with Spain.
Im so blue.
I thought that wed made an arrangement
when you went away,
You were mine to subdue.
Well, even despite our estrangement, Ive got
a small query for you:
We negotiate the terms of surrender.

The world turned upside down!
I see George Washington smile.
We escort their men out of Yorktown.
They stagger home single file.
21. WHAT COMES
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets. NEXT?
There are screams and church bells ringing.
ALL MEN
To my brothers revolutionary covenant

Im runnin with the Sons of Liberty and I am
lovin it!
See, thats 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!
The world turned upside down.
COMPANY
Freedom for America, freedom for France!
FULL COMPANY
The world turned upside down,

the world turned upside down,
the world turned upside down,
down,
down, down, down.
LAFAYETTE
KING GEORGE
What comes next?

Youve been freed.
Do you know how hard it is to lead?
Left! Right! Hold!

Go!
What! What! What!
COMPANY
HAMILTON
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red

coat stands on a parapet.
HAMILTON
Gotta start a new nation,

gotta meet my son.
Youre on your own.

Awesome. Wow.
Do you have a clue what happens now?
LAFAYETTE
COMPANY
Oceans rise.
Empires fall.
Its much harder when its all your call.
MULLIGAN
We won!
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a

white handkerchief.
And just like that, its over. We tend to our
wounded, we count our dead.
LAURENS
Down, down, down.
Down, down, down.
MULLIGAN
LAFAYETTE
We won!
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this

really means freedom.
We won!
WASHINGTON
MULL/LAF/LAUR/HAMILTON/
WASHINGTON
Not. Yet.
We won!
All alone, across the sea.

When your people say they hate you, dont
come crawling back to me.
Da da da dat da dat da da da
Da ya da
Da da dat
Da da ya da. . .
Youre on your own . . .
22. DEAR THEODOSIA

BURR
Dear Theodosia, what to say to you?

You have my eyes. You have your mothers
name.
HAMILTON
Ill do whatever it takes.
BURR
Ill make a million mistakes.
BURR/HAMILTON
When you came into the world, you cried and Ill make the world safe and sound for you...
will come of age with our young nation.
it broke my heart.
Well bleed and fight for you, well make it
right for you.
Im dedicating every day to you.
Domestic life was never quite my style.
When you smile, you knock me out, I fall apart. If we lay a strong enough foundation
well pass it on to you, well give the world to
And I thought I was so smart.
you, and youll blow us all away...
someday, someday.
You will come of age with our young nation.
Yeah, youll blow us all away,
Well bleed and fight for you, well make it
someday, someday.
right for you.
If we lay a strong enough foundation
well pass it on to you, well give the world to
23. NON-STOP
you, and youll blow us all away
someday, someday.
BURR
Yeah, youll blow us all away,
After the war I went back to New York.
someday, someday.
HAMILTON
Oh Philip, when you smile I am undone.

My son.
Look at my son. Pride is not the word Im
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 wasnt around.
BURR
My father wasnt around.
HAMILTON
BURR
I swear that
I'll be around for you.
I'll be around for you.
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
ENSEMBLE
rise to the top?
Maaaaan, the man is Non-stop!
non-stop!
Are you aware that were making histry?

This is the first murder trial of our brand-new
nation.
HAMILTON
The liberty behind

deliberation
BURR AND
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.
Thats all you had to say!
HAMILTON
Okay!
One more thing
BURR
Why do you assume youre the smartest in

the room?
the room?
the room?
Soon that attitude
may be your doom!
ENSEMBLE
Awwww!
BURR
ENSEMBLE
Why do you write like Why do you write like

youre running out youre running out
of time?
of time?
Write day and night
like youre running out
of time?
Evry day you fight, Evry day you fight,
like youre running out like youre running out
HAMILTON
of
of time.
Gentlemen of the jury, Im curious, bear with me. time.
Keep on fighting. In
the meantime
Non-stop!
HAMILTON
Corruptions such an old song that we can sing

along in harmony and nowhere is it stronger
than in Albany.
This colonys economys increasingly stalling
and
HAMILTON
BURR AND
ENSEMBLE
Honestly thats why Hes just

public service seems Non-stop!
to be calling me.
HAMILTON
I practiced the law, I practicly perfected it.

Ive seen injustice in the world and Ive
corrected it.
Now for a strong central democracy,
If not, then Ill be Socrates
HAMILTON
Throwing verbal rocks

at these mediocrities. ENSEMBLE
Awww!
BURR
Hamilton, at the Constitutional Convention:
His own plan for

a new form of
government!
BURR
Its the middle of the night.

What?
BURR
Talks for six hours! The convention is listless!
ENSEMBLE MAN
ANOTHER ENSEMBLE MAN
Yo, who the f is this?
BURR
Why do you always COMPANY

say what you believe?
Why do you always Why do you always
say what you believe? say what you believe?
Evry proclamation
guarantees
free ammunition for Awww!
your enemies!
BURR AND MEN
ALL WOMEN
Going out of style,

hey!
Write day and night

like its
Going out of style?
BURR
BURR AND COMPANY
There as a New York junior delegate:
HAMILTON
Now what Im going

to say may sound
indelicate . . .
BURR
Goes and proposes

his own form of
government!
COMPANY
Awwww!
BURR
Going out of style,

hey!
HAMILTON
Burr, youre a better lawyer than me.
BURR
Okay.
HAMILTON
I know I talk too much, Im abrasive.

Youre incredible in court. Youre succinct,
persuasive.
My client needs a strong defense. Youre the
solution.
BURR
Whos your client?
HAMILTON
The new U.S. Constitution?
BURR
No.
HAMILTON
Evry day you fight like its

going out of style.
Do what you do.
Hear me out.
BURR
No way!
HAMILTON
A series of essays, anonymously published,

defending the document to the public.
Alexander?
What?
Yes, and its important to me.

What do you need?
HAMILTON
I was chosen for the Constitutional Convention.
BURR
Is this a legal matter?
HAMILTON
Bright young man
Why do you write

like its
going out of style?
HAMILTON
Can we confer, sir?
Aaron Burr, sir.
BURR
HAMILTON
BURR
BURR
No one will read it.
Of course.
HAMILTON
HAMILTON
I disagree.
BURR
ANGELICA
Dont forget to write.
ELIZA
Then defend it.
BURR
Look at where you are.

Look at where you started.
The fact that youre alive is a miracle.
Just stay alive, that would be enough.
And if it fails?
And what if youre backing the wrong horse?
HAMILTON
HAMILTON
And if your wife could share a fraction of
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,
For once in your life, take a stand with pride. would that be enough?
I dont understand how you stand to the side.
Burr, thats why we need it.
BURR
The constitutions a mess.
HAMILTON
So it needs amendments.
BURR
ENSEMBLE
Its full of contradictions.
HAMILTON
So is independence.
We have to start somewhere.
BURR
No. No way.
HAMILTON
Youre making a mistake.
Ill wait here and see

which way the wind
will blow.
Im taking my time,
watching the
afterbirth of a nation,
watching the tension
grow.
BURR
Good night.
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
BURR
Ill keep all my plans

close to my chest.
ANGELICA
Wait for it, wait for

it, wait
Which way the wind

will blow.
Im taking my
time, watching the
afterbirth of a nation,
watching the tension
grow.
I am sailing off to London. Im 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 theres no one who
can match you for turn of phrase.
My Alexander.
HAMILTON
Angelica.
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 twenty-five
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

ALL WOMEN
like youre
running out of time? Running out of time?
Write day and night
like youre
running out of time? running out of time?
BURR AND MEN
Evry day you fight,

like youre
running out of time, running out of time,
like youre
running out of time, running out of time,
are you
running out of time? Awwww!
FULL COMPANY (EXCEPT HAMILTON)
How do you write like tomorrow wont arrive?

How do you write like you need it to survive?
How do you write evry second youre alive?
Evry second youre alive? Evry second
youre alive?
WASHINGTON
They are asking me to lead.

I am doing the best I can
to get the people that I need,
Im asking you to be my right hand man.
HAMILTON
Treasury or State?
WASHINGTON
I know its 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
Lets 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, isnt this enough?
ANGELICA
He will never be
satisfied,
he will
never be satisfied,
satisfied,
satisfied
ELIZA
What would be enough

To be
satisfied,
satisfied,
satisfied
WASHINGTON
History has its
eyes
on
Look around,
you!
look around!
He will
never be satisfied,
satisfied,
satisfied
Why do you fight like

history has its eyes on
you
HAMILTON
on...
you...

you
I am not throwin away my

shot!
MEN
I am not throwin away my

shot!
I am
Alexander Hamilton!
FULL COMPANY
Just you wait!

Just you wait!
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton, just you wait!
ENSEMBLE
Nonstop!
Non-
Soon that attitudes
stop!
be your doom!
Why do you
fight
like youre
running out of time?
Nonstop!
Why do you fight like
stop!

you
history
has its
eyes on
you
WASH/MUL/ LAUR/LAF gonna
History has its

eyes...
Why do you
fight
like
you
Why do you assume youre

the smartest in
the room?
Why do
you assume youre the
smartest in the
room?
Why do
You assume youre the
smartest in the
room?
Isnt this
enough?
What would be enough?
BURR
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ACT I

ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING

The Public Theater

BOOK, MUSIC AND LYRICS BY

Daveed Diggs Rene Elise Goldsberry Jonathan Groff Christopher Jackson

Carleigh Bettiol Andrew Chappelle Ariana DeBose Alysha Deslorieux

Hudson Theatrical Associates

Sam Rudy Media Relations

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

MUSIC DIRECTION AND ORCHESTRATIONS BY

Orchestrations By.................................................................................................. ALEX LACAMOIRE

Mixed By.................................................................... TIM LATHAM at ATLANTIC STUDIOS, NYC

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore

The ten-dollar founding father without a

Well, the word got around, they said, This

When he was ten his father split, full of it,

for someone less

The ship is in the

Just you wait

Just you wait

We fought with him.

That depends. Whos asking?

Oh, well, sure, sir,

So howd you do it? Howd you graduate

It was my parents dying wish before they

Youre an orphan. Of course! Im an orphan.

Can I buy you a drink?

That would be nice.

While were talking, let me offer you some

You punched the bursar.

You wanna get ahead?

Me? I died for him.

And me? Im the damn fool that shot him.

Dont let them know what youre against or

You cant be serious.

Give us a verse, drop some knowledge!

Good luck with that: youre takin a stand.

Show time! Show time! Yo!

Oui oui, mon ami, je mappelle Lafayette!

Brrrah brraaah! I am Hercules Mulligan,

No more sex, pour me another brew, son!

Well, if it aint the prodigy of Princeton

Burr, the revolutions imminent. What do

If you stand for nothing, Burr, whatll you

Ooh, who is this kid? Whats he gonna do?

I am not throwing away my shot!

tryin to reach my goal. My power of speech:

A colony that runs independently.

(He says in parentheses)

Dont be shocked when your histry book

And I am not throwing My shot!

I am not throwing away my shot.

Geniuses, lower your voices.

Burr, check what we got.

But well never be truly free

Lets get this guy in front of a crowd.

I am not throwing away my shot.

I am not throwing away my shot.

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

When are these

I imagine death so much it feels more like