Guns and Ships [German translation]

[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!

He’s constantly confusin’, confoundin’ the British henchmen

Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I’m takin this horse by the reins makin’

Redcoats redder with bloodstains

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

And I’m never gonna stop until I make ‘em

Drop and burn ‘em up and scatter their remains, I’m

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

Watch me engagin’ em! Escapin’ em!

Enragin’ em! I’m—

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I go to France for more funds

[COMPANY]

Lafayette!

[LAFAYETTE]

I come back with more

[LAFAYETTE AND ENSEMBLE]

Guns

And ships

And so the balance shifts

[WASHINGTON]

We rendezvous with Rochambeau, consolidate their gifts

[LAFAYETTE]

We can end this war at Yorktown, cut them off at sea, but

For this to succeed, there is someone else we need:

[WASHINGTON]

I know

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, he knows what to do in a trench

Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

Sir, you’re gonna have to use him eventually

What’s he gonna do on the bench? I mean—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

No one has more resilience

Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—

[WASHINGTON AND COMPANY]

Hamilton!

[LAFAYETTE]

You wanna fight for your land back?

[WASHINGTON]

I need my right hand man back!

[LAFAYETTE]

Ah! Uh, get ya right hand man back

You know you gotta get ya right hand man back

I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better

To get your right hand man back!

[WASHINGTON]

Alexander Hamilton

Troops are waiting in the field for you

If you join us right now, together we can turn the tide

Oh, Alexander 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, Alexander…

• Artist:Hamilton (Musical)
• Album:Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)