The Schuyler Sisters
BURRThere’s nothing rich folks love morethan going downtown and slummin’ it with the poor.They pull up in their carriages and gawkat the students in the commonJust to watch them talk.Take Philip Schuyler: the man is loaded.Uh-oh, but little does he know thathis daughters, Peggy, Angelica, Elizasneak into the city just to watch all the guys at—
COMPANYWork, work!
ANGELICAAngelica!
COMPANYWork, work!
ELIZAEliza!
PEGGYAnd Peggy!
COMPANYWork, work!The Schuyler sisters!
ANGELICAAngelica!
PEGGYPeggy!
ELIZAEliza!
COMPANYWork!
PEGGYDaddy said to be home by sundown.
ANGELICADaddy doesn’t need to know.
PEGGYDaddy said not to go downtown.
ELIZALike I said, you’re free to go.
ANGELICABut—look around, look around, therevolution’s happening in New York.
ELIZA/PEGGYNew York.
COMPANYAngelica
SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANYWork!
PEGGYIt’s bad enough daddy wants to go to war.
ELIZAPeople shouting in the square.
PEGGYIt’s bad enough there’ll be violence on our shore.
ANGELICANew ideas in the air.
ANGELICA AND MALE ENSEMBLELook around, look around—
ELIZAAngelica, remind me what we’re looking for…
ALL MENShe’s lookin’ for me!
ANGELICAEliza, I’m lookin’ for a mind at work.I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!I’m lookin’ for a mind at work!Whooaaaaa!
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGYWhooaaaaa!Work!
BURRWooh! There’s nothin’ like summer in the city.Someone in a rush next to someone lookin’ pretty.Excuse me, miss, I know it’s not funnyBut your perfume smells like your daddy’s got money.Why you slummin’ in the city in your fancy heelsYou searchin for an urchin who can give you ideals?
ANGELICABurr, you disgust me.
BURRAh, so you’ve discussed me.I’m a trust fund, baby, you can trust me!
ANGELICAI’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.You want a revolution? I want a revelationSo listen to my declaration:
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGY“We hold these truths to be self-evidentThat all men are created equal”
ANGELICAAnd when I meet Thomas Jefferson,I’m ‘a compel him to include women in the sequel!
WOMENWork!
ELIZALook around, look around at howLucky we are to be alive right now!
ELIZA/PEGGYLook around, look around at howLucky we are to be alive right now!
ELIZA/ANGELICA/PEGGYHistory is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be in the greatest city in the world!
SCHUYLER SISTERS AND COMPANYIn the greatest city in the world!
ANGELICACuz I’ve been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine.So men say that I’m intense or I’m insane.
ANGELICAYou want a revolution?I want a revelationSo listen to my declaration:
ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGYWe hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equalWhoo!
FULL COMPANYLook around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now!History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
ALL WOMENIn the greatest city in the world
ALL MENIn the greatest city—
COMPANYIn the greatest city in the world!
Work, work!
ANGELICAAngelica!
ELIZAEliza!
PEGGYAnd Peggy!
ANGELICA/ELIZA/PEGGYThe Schuyler sisters!We’re looking for a mind at work!Hey!Hey!
ANGELICAWhoa!In the greatestcity in the world
COMPANYIn the greatest city in the world!