Miranda, Lin-Manuel - Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down) Lyrics






[Company:]
The battle of Yorktown
1781

[Lafayette:]
Monsieur Hamilton

[Hamilton:]
Monsieur Lafayette

[Lafayette:]
In command where you belong

[Hamilton:]
How you say, no sweat
We're finally on the field
We've had quite a run

[Lafayette:]
Immigrants:

[Hamilton/Lafayette:]
We get the job done

[Hamilton:]
So what happens if we win?

[Lafayette:]
I go back to France
I bring freedom to my people if I'm given the chance

[Hamilton:]
We'll be with you when you do

[Lafayette:]
Go lead your men

[Hamilton:]
I’ll see you on the other side

[Lafayette:]
'Til we meet again, let's go!

[Ensemble:]
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!

[Hamilton:]
'Til the world turns upside down…

[Ensemble:]
'Til the world turns upside down!

[Hamilton:]
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!

[Ensemble:]
What?

[Hamilton:]
The bullets out your gun!

[Ensemble:]
What?

[Hamilton:]
We move under cover 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?

[Ensemble:]
Rochambeau!

[Hamilton:]
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 brav'ry

[Hamilton/Laurens:]
We'll never be free until we end slavery!

[Hamilton:]
When we finally drive the British away
Lafayette is there waiting

[Hamilton/Lafayette:]
In Chesapeake Bay!

[Hamilton:]
How did we know that this plan would work?
We had a spy on the inside
That's right

[Hamilton/Company:]
Hercules Mulligan!

[Mulligan:]
A tailor spyin' on the British government!
I take their measurements, information and then I smuggle it

[Company:]
Up

[Mulligan:]
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's gotta shovel it!
Hercules Mulligan, I need no introduction
When you knock me down I get the fuck back up again!

[Company:]
Let's go! Woo!
Left! Right! Hold!
Go!
What! What! What!

[Hamilton:]
After a week of fighting, a young man in a red coat stands on a parapet

[Lafayette:]
We lower our guns as he frantically waves a white handkerchief

[Mulligan:]
And just like that, it's over. We tend to our wounded, we count our dead

[Laurens:]
Black and white soldiers wonder alike if this really means freedom

[Washington:]
Not yet

[Hamilton:]
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…

[All men:]
The world turned upside down

[Full Company:]
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
Down
Down, down, down

[Lafayette:]
Freedom for America, freedom for France!

[Company:]
Down, down, down

[Hamilton:]
Gotta start a new nation
Gotta meet my son

[Company:]
Down, down, down

[Mulligan:]
We won!

[Lafayette:]
We won!

[Mulligan/Lafayette/Laurens:]
We won!

[Mulligan/Lafayette/Laurens/Hamilton/Washington:]
We won!

[Company:]
The world turned upside down!





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  1. F.... ....

    HERCULES MULIGAN

  2. L.... i....

    2:40 My brain at 2.00 a.m.

  3. K.... A....

    4:38 LIN YOUR CRYING

  4. A.... S....

    4:46 burr acting like he owns the spotlight

  5. f.... k....

    THE ENDING WAS TOO POWERFUL I JUST SCREAMED 'HOLY SHIT' I COULDNT HOLD IT IN

  6. J.... L....

    Fun fact, they didnt use guns in this becasue of the shooting that happened a couple days before the Tony's (correct me if im wrong, also this info isnt my knowledge I learned this in another video on Hamilton)

  7. A.... C....

    idc idc this song goes so friggin hard

  8. D.... d....

    This is like a bunch of dudes just havin a good time arguing with Britain that’s how you could put it

  9. P.... B....

    when Lin looks at the camera and says “WE HAD A SPY ON THE INSIDE THAT’S RIGHT” 🥺

  10. �.... T....

    Hamilton’s to do list:





    1. Start a new nation
    2. Meet his son

  11. M.... d....

    why do i think they are really singing back then ... right

  12. M.... ....

    Am i the only one who's kind of bothered that the american revolutionary uniforms have NINE buttons and i have not seen a single picture or scene in the musical with even one button buttoned up?

  13. W.... T....

    "Lafayette is there waiting"

  14. W.... T....

    i loved it

  15. T.... H....

    LITERAL GOOSEBUMPS WHEN THEY SUNG THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

  16. K.... P....

    Hamiltoooooooooooon

  17. E.... G....

    I just finished watching The Patriot for the thousandth time and I just had to watch this 😆

  18. E.... Y....

    I wish hamliton great grandson were alive

  19. K.... A....

    4:38 , pause there.

  20. S.... L....

    Hamilton before Yorktown: "We'll be with you when you do!"

    Hamilton after Yorktown: "Should we honor our treaty, King Louis' head
    ?
    'Uh do whatever you want, I'm super dead!'"

  21. O.... S....

    this is how i’m imagining the movie will be

  22. L.... G....

    1:05
    “In command where you belong”
    “ how you say no sweat”
    *”Deh.....”*

  23. d.... a....

    Still can't say aluminium correctly.

  24. d.... l....

    “can’t let a stray gun shot give us away”

    Says the man, rapping loudly

  25. S.... ....

    Why do I always imagine Washington as a buff bald black dude now

  26. J.... S....

    i just came to see hercules mulligan

  27. M.... ....

    I saw Daveed and I squealed cause Lafayette is amazing 😂😂

  28. J.... J....

    HERCULES MULLIGAN I NEED NO INTRODUCTION WHEN YOO KNOCK ME DOWN I GET THE F?/&K BACK IP AGAIN
    Me:BE NY LIE COACH

  29. M.... P....

    I have a question I'd this is battle of the yorktown what are the schlyer sisters doing there

  30. d.... a....

    British solders: we. We can’t win
    Why you ask





    Because they have lin

  31. P.... M....

    where are the guns and the swears?

  32. L.... M....

    I can watch this on loop for days ... this is the COLDEST S**T EVER! It's one thing to hear it on the cast album, but live and in color (I got to see it Dec 21 in Chicago) -- I LOVE this!

  33. H.... E....

    This musical brings unbidden tears to my eyes. (The only other time that happens to me is with Fiddler on the Roof.) Hamilton is so very important a work of art — and history — that I get verklempt every time I hear it. And see it. Thank you so much, Lin-Manuel Miranda (and his muse, Ron Chernow), for bringing America’s immigrant history to life. The lyrcs are so tremendously on-point and relevant in society today that y’all just MUST learn them and sing them out.

  34. W.... R....

    4:37
    Aww Lin cried
    Now this is acting👌

  35. P.... D....

    Hamilton has got me more interested in American history then my own country's history (Britain) lol

  36. S.... -....

    HERCULES MULLIGAN!!!! !

    S.... -....

    ATAILORSPYINGONTHEBRITISHGOVERMENTITAKEMEASURMENTSINFORMATIONTHENISMUGGLEIT

  37. M.... G....

    4:37 when was acting ever that real

  38. f.... ....

    monsieur hamiltoooon
    MONSIEUR LAFAYETTE

  39. G.... W....

    4:22 *aNd PeGgY*
    So No One Is Gonna Talk About How Peggy Is Still Alive xD

    G.... W....

    I am right here!

  40. C.... H....

    Goal: playing Hamilton in the school play
    Obstacle: Yorktown choreography
    :'C

  41. m.... ....

    god it gave me goosebumps towards the end

  42. J.... &....

    Let's just appreciate the background dancers please :>

  43. A.... :....

    3:56 I never saw Ham saluting Burr aww:(

  44. k.... j....

    the way lin is actually crying when he says *"gotta start a new nation gotta meet my son"* the second time it gives me chills.

  45. k.... j....

    nobody:
    lafayette:
    *we lower our guns are he frantically wevs a whete handkerchef.*

  46. M.... M....

    “If this is the end of me at least I have a friend with me”

    Me when I get called to the principal’s office with my friend

  47. S.... B....

    3:31 is my favorite

  48. R.... V....

    Holy fuck its so epic

  49. L.... A....

    Hamilton’s to do list:
    Start a new nation
    Meet his son

  50. J.... E....

    My teacher sent me this and I'm surprised they're cool enough to even know about it

  51. K.... H....

    HERCULES IS SO COOL!!!

  52. S.... ....

    1:01
    Lafayette: "Misuor Hamilton~"
    Hamilton: "MISOUR LAFAYETTE!"

    S.... ....

    *monsieur

  53. J.... M....

    hercules mulligan's verse is so badass

  54. T.... J....

    FREEDOM FOR A M E R H E E C A, FREEDOM FOR FRANCE! 4:31

  55. S.... S....

    this is basically the episode of glee where kurt taught the football team the single ladies dance

  56. S.... L....

    I was just trying to rap while drawing then instead of saying "to live another day", I said "to live another gay".........

  57. C.... P....

    Thanks for making my evening ❤️

  58. B.... N....

    Lafayette: Monsieur Hamilton!
    Hamilton: *flips table* *runs through Britian* *throws bomb* *shoots gun* *dances* *jumps on top of chair* MONSIEUR LAFAYETTE

  59. K.... J....

    Omg I am so emotional I just got an ad about in the heights and then I am watching Hamilton I am so proud of Lin 🥰😭

  60. S.... ....

    0:51 Actually the Yorktown song XD

  61. l.... m....

    me: hey julia have u heard of the hamilton musical?


    her: oh yeah i actually saw it in london for 100 dollars


    me: *well that escalated quickly*

  62. I.... O....

    Lin tearing up at 4:37 is literally me this whole song 🤧

  63. T.... A....

    At 1:04 when Lin says, "how you say, no sweat" Laffayette laughed at him lol
    Edit: nvm. I think he almost messed up his line and laughed

  64. A.... B....

    Fun fact: in the book that inspired this musical, there's a line-
    "a fashionable tailor with the splendid name of Hercules Mulligan"

  65. C.... T....

    politically correct shitfest and a disgrace

  66. J.... G....

    *CHILLS*

  67. T.... m....

    Play it at x2 and when it gets to herc’s part play it at x0.5

  68. T.... S....

    *We’ll never be free until we end slavery slavery slavery slavery*

  69. C.... i....

    Hamilton:you look familiar Tom
    Jefferson: let's let him know what we know

  70. A.... C....

    It’s so weird hearing Hercules mulligan’s parts without the cuss words

  71. E.... E....

    2:39 lmao look at hamiltons face

  72. h.... m....

    4:36 ~ Was Lin out of breath or was he crying? :p

  73. J.... E....

    It's been exactly 3 years since this was posted haha

  74. J.... S....

    okay nobody is talking about lin crying i want to give this man all the hugs

  75. r.... j....

    *Hamilton and Lafayette: "Immigrants...we get the job done."*

    Love that line.

    Lafayette: "I go back to France."

    Me: ok, let's go.

  76. S.... E....

    Lafayette just reminds me of les miserable and how depressing it is

  77. A.... ....

    This song is so badass

  78. l.... m....

    boys: then i smoooogle it
    girls: then i smiggle it
    me: then i YeEt it (to the americans)

  79. t.... f....

    1:06 Lafyette:sheep noise

  80. e.... c....

    4:39 why isnt peggy standing next to angelica and eliza?

  81. n.... ....

    Soo my U.S History teacher said he was gonna play the Cabinet Battles and Yorktown so guess who is happy!!

  82. G.... T....

    I wanna sing this and Hercules just randomly jumps into my room through my window. He needs to teach me to how to be this iconic 😭

  83. S.... T....

    4:10
    LOOK OUT ALEXANDER, HE'S GOT A CHAIR. OH NO, HE'S WEARING AIRPODS, HE CAN'T HEAR, OH GOD OH FUCK

  84. Y.... 7....

    the thing is is they have to many people but not so many that its to destracting but i just feel bad because of how hard it must have been espesally because of the hard dances i wached the aladan play and araibian nights whas the same

  85. C.... B....

    Hear the drink song they are singing






    *aNd PeGgY*

  86. l.... m....

    2:38 to3:02 is the best part

  87. G.... W....

    this is really good. they should do more songs and make a play out of this

  88. E.... O....

    2:25 "Cause i'll will pow-chick-a-(you know) these cops till i'm free"

  89. C.... i....

    I got how they looked like all wrong in my head

  90. A.... y....

    Mom: stop screaming “Hercules Mulligan”
    Me: okay
    Me 45 seconds later: HOW DID WE KNOW THAT THIS PLAN WOULD WORK? WE HAD A SPY ON THE INSIDE THATS RIGHT:
    *H E R C U L E S M U L L I G A N*

  91. B.... E....

    The moment you see Peggy...SHE SHOULD HAVE A SOLO OR SOMETHIN!

  92. B.... E....

    The moment you see Peggy...
    SHE SHOULD HAVE A SOLO OR SOMETHIN!

  93. B.... E....

    Yes! A perfect representation of the world turning upside down is lifting up furniture... Uhuh...

  94. B.... E....

    ITS CLEAN AND I LOVE IT

  95. B.... E....

    ITS CLEAN AND I LOVE IT

  96. L.... D....

    Imagine finding a British soldier's diary and there is one page where it says "We were ready to kill the Americans, but then they did something unexpected move, they started singing and dancing" "We were no match for them....."

  97. J.... a....

    Lin doesn’t have a mic imagine how loud he’s singing

  98. r.... m....

    the dancers literally make it so aesthetically pleasing




    4:25 AnD pEgGy

  99. G.... ....

    Since you’re here, feel free to check out the rest of my channel for some half way decent content :)