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Hamming it up: Analyzing the Lyrics of "Hamilton"Main MenuWelcomeHistory Is HappeningWelcome One! Welcome All!"Alexander Hamilton"The Start"Aaron Burr, Sir"Let's meet the gang!"My Shot"Don't Throw it Away"The Story of Tonight"The Calm Before the Storm"The Schuyler Sisters"Here come the Ladies!"Farmer Refuted"Tension Builds with England"You'll Be Back"The King has Arrived"Right Hand Man"General George Washington enters"A Winter's Ball"A Night Out on the Town"Helpless"Love has Something To Do With It"Satisfied"Angelica's Mind"The Story of Tonight (reprise)"A Moment Between Friends"Wait For It"Keep Moving Forward"Stay Alive"Loved One's Prayer"Ten Duel Commandments"Gentlemen's Fight"Meet Me Inside"A Change"That Would Be Enough"Reassurance"History Has Its Eyes On You"A Warning To Alexander"Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)"Battle Begins and Ends"What Comes Next?"Peace Out from the King"Dear Theodosia"The New Generation"Non-Stop"And We're Back!"What'd I Miss"Welcome Jefferson"Cabinet Battle #1"Hamilton VS Jefferson: Round 1"Take a Break"A Wife's Request To Relax"Say No To This"Another Women"The Room Where It Happens"Conversation Between Delagates"Schuyler Defeated"Tides Start To Turn"Cabinet Battle #2"Hamilton VS Jefferson: Round 2"Washington On Your Side"Toe to Toe"One Last Time"Going Out With A Bang"I Know Him"A Final Message from the King"The Adams Administration"Change in Rulings"We Know"Secrets are Told"Hurricane"A Choice Is Made"The Reynolds Pamphlet"Knowledge For All"Burn"Eliza's Moment Alone"Blow Us All Away"Philip's Challenge"Stay Alive (reprise)"A Family Pulled Apart"It's Quiet Uptown"Taking In The Night"The Election of 1800"The Government Changes"Your Obedient Servant"Alexander and Aaron Talk"Best of Wives and Best of Women"The Girls"The World Was Wide Enough"Who Shot First?"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"The EndWorks CitedThanks for the Help!Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2
"Guns and Ships"
1media/Hamilton-burr-duel.jpg2017-03-31T13:42:25-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2151875France's Assistplain2017-04-04T09:09:18-07:00Natalie Meyersa9d906142e0dc902d8e00a7e48ef9f0bc6c832e2Cast: Aaron Burr, Ensemble, Marquis De Lafayette, George Washington
Lyrics with Character Names: Total Words: 383, Words Counted Once: 196 Most common Words: "Lafayette" (17 times), "Hamilton" (14 times), "Company" (10 times) Lyrics without Character Names: Total Words: 1,130, Words Counted Once: 413 Most Common Words: "Hamilton" (14 times), "Right" (8 times), "Hand" (6 times)
Aaron Burr provides some background about how the solders are not doing great, but thanks to the powerful Marquis De Lafayette, there is a about to be a shift when he brings back supplies ("guns and ships"). However in order to win, Lafayette and Washington know that they need Alexander back.
This has to be the fastest song in the whole musical and that makes sense because of the haughty personality of Lafayette; naturally he would have to show off his rapping skills. It makes sense that "Lafayette" is one of the most common words because he is the main subject of this song while the ensemble/ "company" act as background to act as the hype men to the fast paced Lafayette. However even though most of the song involves Lafayette's battle plan of bringing weaponry and ships, "Hamilton" ends up being one of the main subjects of the conversation when George Washington enters the picture. This song acts as background to life without Alexander and the audience hears Washington's famous phrase about having a "right hand man" aka Hamilton.
A fast-pasted rap song like "Guns and Ships" is fun to listen to and contributes to the popularity of the musical because it is a prime example of the strange combination of historical figures rapping. As someone who loves a challenge like rapping, it is a goal to be able to rap this song, because it is just fun and the audience is left in awe of the actor’s talent and writers words.