音乐剧<Hamilton>开场
1. Aaron Burr: Hamilton的朋友/敌人,本剧叙述者
2. John Laurens:Hamilton好友
3. Thomas Jefferson
4. James Madison:Jefferson支持者
5. Alexander Hamilton:主角
6. Eliza Hamilton:Hamilton妻子
7. George Washington
Music/lyric by: Lin-Manuel Miranda
AARON BURR:
How does a bastard, orphan, son 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 ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Got a lot farther by workin’ a lot harder
By bein’ a lot smarter
By bein’ a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of a trading charter
THOMAS JEFFERSON:
And every day while slaves were being slaughtered and carted
Away across the waves, he struggled and kept his guard up
Inside, he was longing for something to be a part of