We rise to the occasion Whoa, whoa, whoa. Some King’s men who might let some things slide I need someone like you to lighten the load. I’m working with a third of what our Congress has promised Head full of fantasies of dyin’ like a martyr?ĭying is easy, young man. It’s alright, you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger Nathanael Greene and Henry Knox wanted to hire you. I know you stole British cannons when we were still downtown Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?ĭon’t get me wrong, you’re a young man, of great renown Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh I called you here because our odds are beyond scary I have some questions, a couple of suggestionsĪs I was saying, sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out I admire how you keep firing on the British I think that I could be of some assistance Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:Īre these the men with which I am to defend America? This close to giving up, facing mad scrutiny My forces, they’re skittish as the British cut the city up We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can’t afford another slip Goes the cannon, we’re abandonin’ Kips Bay and… Goes the cannon, watch the blood and the shit spray and… Let’s take a stand with the stamina God has granted us We gotta stop ‘em and rob ‘em of their advantages They’re battering down the Battery check the damages We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn How can I keep leading when the people I’m
The truth is in ya face when ya hear the British cannons go… The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Now I’m the model of a modern major general Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second? I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or. When they surround our troops! They surround our troops!Īs a kid in the Caribbean I wished for a war New York harbor Thirty-two thousand troops in Thirty-two thousand troops in New York harbor (Burr).īritish Admiral Howe’s got troops on the water "Right Hand Man" is a song from the Broadway musical Hamilton performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), Christopher Jackson (Washington) and Leslie Odom Jr. Hamilton the Musical - Right Hand Man Lyrics
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