Hamilton: El Musical

Schuyler Defeated

PHILIP
Look!
Grandpa’s in the paper!

“War hero Philip Schuyler loses senate seat to young upstart Aaron Burr”

Grandpa just lost his seat in the senate

ELIZA
Sometimes that’s how it goes

PHILIP
Daddy’s gonna find out any minute

ELIZA
I’m sure he already knows

PHILIP
Further down

PHILIP & ELIZA
Further down

PHILIP
Let’s meet the newest senator from New York

ELIZA
New York

PHILIP & ELIZA
Our senator

HAMILTON
Burr?
Since when are you a Democratic-Republican?

BURR
Since being one put me on the up and up again

HAMILTON
No one knows who you are or what you do

BURR
They don’t need to know me
They don’t like you

HAMILTON
Excuse me?

BURR
Oh, Wall Street thinks you’re great
You’ll always be adored by the things you create
But upstate—

HAMILTON
Wait

BURR
—people think you’re crooked
Schuyler’s seat was up for grabs so I took it

HAMILTON
I’ve always considered you a friend

BURR
I don’t see why that has to end

HAMILTON
You changed parties to run against my
father-in-law

BURR
I changed parties to seize the opportunity I saw
I swear your pride will be the death of us all
Beware, it goeth before the fall