[Aaron 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?

[John Laurens:]
The First Female Senator without a father
Got a lot farther 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

[Thomas 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

[James Madison:]
Then a hurricane came, and devastation reigned
Our woman saw her future drip, dripping 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

[Burr:]
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, woman?"

[Rosemary Hamilton:]
Rosemary Hamilton
My name is Rosemary Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait...

[Thomas Jefferson:]
When she was 11 her father split, full of it, debt-ridden
Two years later, see Rose and her mother bed-ridden
Half-dead sittin' in their own sick, the scent thick

[Full Company except Hamilton (whispering):]
And Rose got better but her mother went quick

[George Washington (Company):]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide
Left her with nothin' but ruined pride, something new inside
A voice saying, "Rose, you gotta fend for yourself."
She started retreatin' and readin' every treatise on the shelf

[Burr (Company):]
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 her late mother'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 her now as she stands on (ooh...)
The bow of a ship headed for a new land
In New York you can be a new woman

[Company (Hamilton):]
In New York you can (just you wait) be a new woman
In New York you can (just you wait) be a new woman
In New York you can be a new woman
[Women:] In New York
[Men:] New York
[Hamilton:] Just you wait!

[Company:]
Rosemary Hamilton (Rosemary 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, Rosemary Hamilton (Rosemary 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

[Burr:]
The ship is in the harbor now
See if you can spot her ([Men:] Just you wait)
Another immigrant
Comin' up from the bottom ([Company:] Just you wait)
Her enemies destroyed her rep
America forgot her

[Mulligan/Madison and Lafayette/Jefferson:]
We fought with her

[Laurens/Philip:]
Me? I died for her

[Washington:]
Me? I trusted her

[Burr:]
And me? I'm the damn fool that shot him

[Company:]
There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait!

[Burr:]
What's your name, Woman?

[Company:]
Rosemary Hamilton!

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