Theodosia prevost
"How does a bastard, orphan, daughter of a whore and a
Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten
Spot in the Caribbean by Providence, impoverished, in squalor
Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?" Theo sings
Peggy Schuyler
"The ten-dollar Founding Mother without a mother
Got a lot farther by workin' a lot harder
By bein' a lot smarter
By bein' a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed her in charge of a trading charter"
Martha Jefferson
"And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
Away across the waves, she struggled and kept her guard up Inside, she was longing for something to be a part of
The sister was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter"
Dolley Madison
"Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our woman saw her future drip, drippin' down the drain
Put a pencil to her temple, connected it to her brain
And she wrote her first refrain, a testament to her pain"
Theodosia Prevost
"Well the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, man!"
Took up a collection just to send her to the mainland
"Get your education, don't forget from whence you came, and
The world's gonna know your name! What's your name, ma'am?"
Elizabeth Schuyler
"Elizabeth Schuyler
My name is Elizabeth Schuyler
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait"
Alexander Hamilton
When she was ten, her mother split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Eliza and her father, bed-ridden
Half-dead, sittin' in their own sick
The scent thick
Company
And Eliza got better but her mother went quick
Martha Washington
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left her with nothin' but ruined pride, somethin' new inside
A voice saying "(Eliza) you gotta fend for yourself"
She started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf
Theodosia Prevost
There would've been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
She would've been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late father's landlord
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and other things she can't afford
(Scammin') for every book she can get her hands on
(Plannin') for the future, see her now as she stands on (oooh)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new woman
Company and Eliza
In New York you can be a new woman (Just you wait)
In New York you can be a new woman (Just you wait)
In New York you can be a new woman
Men
In New York
Woman
New York
Elizabeth Schuyler
Just you wait
Company
Elizabeth Schuyler (Elizabeth Schuyler )
We are waiting in the wings for you (waiting in the wings for you)
You could never back down
You never learned to take your time
Oh, Elizabeth Schuyler (Elizabeth Schuyler )
When America sings for you
Will they know what you overcame?
Will they know you rewrote the game?
The world will never be the same, oh
Theodosia Prevost
The ship is in the harbor now, see if you can spot her
(Just you wait)
Another immigrant comin' up from the bottom
(Just you wait)
Her enemies destroyed her rep, America forgot her
Jefferson/Madison/Mulligan/Lafayette
We fought with her
Peggy/Angelica Jr
Me? I died for her
Martha
Me? I trusted her
Alexander Hamilton John laurens / James Renyolds
Me? I loved her
Theodosia Prevost
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot her
Company
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait
Theodosia Prevost
What's your name, ma'am?
Eliza and company
Elizabeth Schuyler
