Guns and Ships
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Cast List:
Burr | Company | Lafayette | Ensemble | Washington |
Women | Men
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 who’s unafraid to step in!
He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen
Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting
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 at Yorktown, cut them off at sea,
but
For this to succeed, there is 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!
WOMEN
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back
MEN
Get your right hand man back!
LAFAYETTE
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
MEN
Your right hand man back!
WOMEN
Hamilton!
MEN
Hamilton!
Ha—
Ha—
LAFAYETTE
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the
better
To get your right hand man back!
MEN
Hamilton, Hamilton!
Ha— ha—!
WOMEN
Hamilton, Hamilton!
Ha— ha—!
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 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…