Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) Lyrics

Lyrics Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) - Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton



The battle of Yorktown, 1781
Monsieur Hamilton
Monsieur Lafayette
In command where you belong
How you say, no sweat
Finally on the field, we've had quite a run
Immigrants, we get the job done
So what happens if we win?
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people
If I'm given the chance
We'll be with you when you do
Go lead your men
I see you on the other side
'Til we meet again, let's go!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwin' away my shot!
I am not throwin' away my shot!
'Til the world turns upside down
'Til the world turns upside down!
I imagine death so much, it feels more like a memory
This is where it gets me, on my feet the enemy ahead of me
If this is the end of me, at least I have a friend with me
Weapon in my hand, a command, and my men with me
Then I remember my Eliza's expecting me
Not only that, my Eliza's expecting
We gotta go, gotta get the job done
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son!
Take the bullets out your gun! (What?)
The bullets out your gun! (What?)
We move undercover and we move as one
Through the night, we have one shot to live
Another day
We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away
We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it
It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet
The code word is "Rochambeau", dig me? (Rochambeau!)
You have your orders now, go, man, go!
And so the American experiment begins
With my friends all scattered to the winds
Laurens is in South Carolina, redefining bravery
We'll never be free until we end slavery!
When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting in Chesapeake Bay!
How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside, that's right
Hercules Mulligan!
A tailor spyin' on the British government!
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it! (Up)
To my brother's revolutionary covenant
I'm runnin' with the Sons of Liberty and I am lovin' it!
See, that's what happens when you up against the ruffians
We in the shit now, somebody gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!
Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What! What! What!
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief
And just like that, it's over, we tend to our wounded, we count our dead
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom
Not yet
We negotiate the terms of surrender
I see George Washington smile
We escort their men out of Yorktown
They stagger home single file
Tens of thousands of people flood the streets
There are screams and church bells ringing
And as our fallen foes retreat
I hear the drinking song they're singing
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
Down, down, down, down
Freedom for America, freedom for France!
Down, down, down
Gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my son
Down, down, down
We won!
We won!
We won!
We won!
The world turned upside down!



Writer(s): LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA


Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton - Hamilton: An American Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1 Aaron Burr, Sir
2 Burn
3 Satisfied
4 What Comes Next?
5 Dear Theodosia
6 That Would Be Enough
7 My Shot
8 Wait For It
9 One Last Time
10 Meet Me Inside
11 Cabinet Battle #1
12 History Has Its Eyes On You
13 Cabinet Battle #1
14 Right Hand Man
15 One Last Time
16 Guns and Ships
17 Alexander Hamilton
18 Alexander Hamilton
19 That Would Be Enough
20 Non-Stop
21 The Story Of Tonight
22 Best of Wives and Best of Women
23 Farmer Refuted
24 Helpless
25 History Has Its Eyes On You
26 Non-Stop
27 Right Hand Man
28 Guns and Ships
29 My Shot
30 The Election of 1800
31 We Know
32 Blow Us All Away
33 The Schuyler Sisters
34 It's Quiet Uptown
35 Stay Alive (Reprise)
36 A Winter's Ball
37 Your Obedient Servant
38 The World Was Wide Enough
39 The Room Where It Happens
40 The Story of Tonight
41 Take a Break
42 Ten Duel Commandments
43 The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
44 Cabinet Battle #2
45 Hurricane
46 Wait For It
47 You'll Be Back
48 Schuyler Defeated
49 Best of Wives and Best of Women
50 Washington On Your Side
51 Satisfied
52 Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
53 Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story
54 The Adams Administration
55 Helpless
56 The Election of 1800
57 Cabinet Battle #2
58 Your Obedient Servant
59 Say No To This
60 Stay Alive
61 Farmer Refuted
62 Aaron Burr, Sir
63 The Schuyler Sisters
64 The Room Where It Happens
65 My Shot
66 Right Hand Man
67 You'll Be Back
68 The Story of Tonight (Reprise)
69 A Winter's Ball
70 Stay Alive
71 The Story of Tonight - Reprise
72 Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
73 Ten Duel Commandments
74 Cabinet Battle #1
75 Washington On Your Side
76 Take A Break
77 Schuyler Defeated
78 Washington On Your Side
79 Blow Us All Away
80 We Know
81 Hurricane
82 Blow Us All Away
83 The Election Of 1800
84 Stay Alive - Reprise
85 It's Quiet Uptown
86 The World Was Wide Enough
87 What'd I Miss
88 I Know Him
89 The Reynolds Pamphlet




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