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Broadway musical (2015)
Hamilton the Musical - Guns and Ships Lyrics
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 AND 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 AND COMPANY:
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE:
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE:
Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually
What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE:
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—
WASHINGTON AND COMPANY:
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE:
You wanna fight for your land back?
COMPANY:
Hamilton!
WASHINGTON:
I need my right hand man back!
WOMEN:
Hamilton!
LAFAYETTE: MEN:
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back Get your right hand man back!
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back Your right hand man back!
I mean you gotta put Hamilton!
some thought into the letter Ha—
but the sooner the better Ha—
To get your right hand man back!
WOMEN, MEN:
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…
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SYNOPSIS
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr, Sir
My Shot
The Story Of Tonight
The Schuyler Sisters
Farmer Refuted
You'll Be Back
Right Hand Man
A Winter's Ball
Helpless
Satisfied
The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
Wait For It
Stay Alive
Ten Duel Commandments
Meet Me Inside
That Would Be Enough
Guns and Ships
History Has Its Eyes On You
Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
What Comes Next
Dear Theodosia
Non-Stop
What'd I Miss
Cabinet Battle #1
Take A Break
Say No To This
The Room Where It Happens
Schuyler Defeated
Cabinet Battle #2
Washington On Your Side
One Last Time
I Know Him
The Adams Administration
We Know
Hurricane
The Reynolds Pamphlet
Burn
Blow Us All Away
Stay Alive (Reprise)
It's Quiet Uptown
Election of 1800
Your Obedient Servant
Best of Wives and Best of Women
The World Was Wide Enough
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
Congratulations
Tomorrow There Will Be More of Us
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