Genderbend Hamilton

Guns and Ships

(Anna 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!
She's constantly confusin', confoundin' the British henchwomen
Ev'ryone give it up for America's favorite fighting Frenchwomen!

(Company)
Lafayette!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
I'm takin this horse by the reins makin'
Redcoats redder with bloodstains

(Company)
Lafayette!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
And I'm never gonna stop until I make 'em
Drop and burn 'em up and scatter their remains, I'm

(Company)
Lafayette!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
Watch me engagin' em! Escapin' em!
Enragin' em! I'm—

(Company)
Lafayette!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
I go to France for more funds

(Company)
Lafayette!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
I come back with more

(Je m'appelle Lafayette And Ensemble)
Guns
And ships
And so the balance shifts

(GeorgiaWashington)
We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but
For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:

(GeorgiaWashington)
I know

(GeorgiaWashington And Company)
Hamilton!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
Miss, she knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

(GeorgiaWashington And Company)
Hamilton!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
Miss, you're gonna have to use her eventually
What's she gonna do on the bench? I mean—

(GeorgiaWashington And Company)
Hamilton!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette)
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—

(GeorgiaWashington And Company)
Hamilton!

(Je m'appelle Lafayette And Company)
You wanna fight for your land back? (Hamilton!)

(GeorgiaWashington And Men)
I need my right hand gal back! (Hamilton!)

(Je m'appelle Lafayette, Men, Women)
Ah! Uh, get ya right hand gal back
Get your right hand gal back!
Hamilton!
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
Your right hand gal back!
Hamilton!
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter
Ha—ha—Hamilton
But the sooner the better to get your right hand gal back!
Hamilton, ha—ha—

(GeorgiaWashington)
Alexandra Hamilton
Troops are waiting in the field for you
If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide
Oh, Alexandra Hamilton
I have soldiers that will yield for you
If we manage to get this right
They'll surrender by early light
The world will never be the same, Alexandra...