Genderbend Hamilton

Alexandra Hamilton

(Anna Burr)
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?

(Jen Laurens)
The ten-dollar Founding Mother without a mother
Got a lot mother by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed her in charge of a trading charter

(Tanya 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 brother was ready to beg, steal, borrow, or barter

(Jessica Madison)
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our women saw her future drip, dripping down the drain
Put a pencil to his temple, connected it to her brain
And she wrote her first refrain, a testament to her pain

(Anna Burr)
Well, the word got around, they said, "This kid is insane, women"
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, women?"

(Alexandra Hamilton)
Alexandra Hamilton
My name is Alexandra Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait...

(Elijah Hamilton)
When she was ten her mother split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Alexis and her father bed-ridden
Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick

(Full company except Hamilton(whispering)
And Alexis got better but her father went quick

(GeorgiaWashington & company, both)
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left her with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying
"Alexis, you gotta fend for yourself."
She started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf

(Anna Burr & Company, Both)
There would have been nothin' left to do
For someone less astute
She woulda been dead or destitute
Without a cent of restitution
Started workin', clerkin' for his late father's landlord
Tradin' sugar cane and rum and all the things she can't afford
Scammin' for every book she can get her hands on
Plannin' for the future see she now as she stands on (ooh)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new women

(Company & Hamilton, women, men)
In New York you can be a new women (Just you wait)
In New York you can be a new women (Just you wait)
In New York you can be a new women
In New York, New York
Just you wait!

(Company)
Alexandra Hamilton (Alexandra Hamilton)
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, Alexandra Hamilton (Alexandra Hamilton)
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

(Anna Burr, Women & company)
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

(Hilary Mulligan & Je m'appelle Lafayette)
We fought with her

(Jen Laurens)
Me? I died for her

(Georgia Washington)
Me? I trusted her

(Elijah & Anglo & Peter)
Me? I loved her

(Anna Burr)
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot her

(Company)
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait!

(Anna Burr)
What's your name, women?

(Company)
Alexandra Hamilton!