Hamilton (2020)

Jonathan Groff: King George

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• [first lines] 

  King George : Ladies and gentlemen, this is your king, George III. Welcome to "Hamilton." At this time, please silence all cell phones and other electronic devices. All photography and video recording is strictly prohibited. Thank you, and enjoy *my* show.

• King George : They say George Washington's yielding his power and stepping away. Is that true? I wasn't aware that was something/A person could do. I'm perplexed/Are they going to keep on replacing whoever's in charge?/If so, who's next? There's nobody else in their

  [air quotes] 

  King George : "country"/Who looms quite as large.

  [an aide comes on stage and whispers in his ear] 

  King George : What?

  [she whispers again] 

  King George : John Adams? I know him/That can't be/That's that little guy who spoke to me/All those years ago/What was it? '85/That poor man, they're going to eat him alive/Oceans rise, empires fall/Next to Washington, they all look small/All alone/Watch them run/They will tear each other into pieces/Jesus Christ, this will be fun.

  [scatting, he then laughs hysterically] 

  King George : President John Adams? Good luck.

• King George : You'll be back, soon you'll see. You'll remember you belong to me. You'll be back, time will tell. You'll remember that I served you well. Oceans rise, empires fall. We have seen each other through it all. And when push comes to shove, I will send a fully armed battalion to remind you of my love! Da da da dat da, dat da da da da ya da, Da da dat dat da ya da! Da da da dat da, dat da da da da ya da. Da da dat dat da...

• King George : Next to Washington they all look small.

• King George : They say the price of my war's not a price that they're willing to pay/Insane/You cheat with the French/Now I'm fighting with France and with Spain/I'm so blue.

  [as he stomps his foot, the stage lights turn from red to blue] 

  King George : I thought that we made an arrangement when you went away/You were mine to subdue/Well, even despite our estrangement, I've got a small query for you/What comes next? You've been freed/Do you know how hard it is to lead?/You're on your own/Awesome, wow.

  [audience laughter] 

  King George : Do you have a clue what happens now? Oceans rise, empires fall/It's much harder when it's all your call/All alone across the sea/When your people say they hate you/Don't come crawling back to me.