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 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’mCOMPANY
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’s 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
LAFAYETTE Hamilton! 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
Hamilton! Your right
hand man
back!
I mean you
gotta put
some thought
into the
letter but the
sooner
Hamilton! Hamilton!
HaHathe better to
get your right
hand man
back!
Hamilton,
Hamilton!
Ha- ha-!
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 who 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…