Hamilton: El Musical

Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)

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’m 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 brav’ry.