Weird Al Yankovic - The Hamilton Polka Lyrics






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?
The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
By being a lot smarter
By being a self-starter
By fourteen, they placed him in charge of the trading charter
Alexander Hamilton
My name is Alexander Hamilton
And there's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait, just you wait

Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
I am the one thing in life I can control
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
Wait for it
I am inimitable
I am an original
And if there's a reason I'm still alive
When so many have died
Then I'm willin' to—

I'm willing to
Work, work!
Angelica!
Work, work!
Eliza!
And Peggy—
Look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
In the greatest city
In the greatest city in the world!

The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down
The world turned upside down

Yeah you'll blow us all away

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 da ya da!

No one else was in
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
No one else was in
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
The room where it happened
No one really knows how the game is played
The art of the trade
How the sausage gets made
We just assume that it happens
But no one else is in the room where it happens

We are outgunned (What?)
Outmanned (What?)
Outnumbered
Outplanned
We gotta make an all out stand
Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man

Hamilton!
Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—
Hamilton!
Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually
What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean—
Hamilton!
No one has more resilience
Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—
Hamilton!
You wanna fight for your land back?
Hamilton!
I need my right hand man back!
Uh, get ya right hand man back
You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
To get your right hand man back!

It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side
Look back at the Bill of Rights (Which I wrote!)
The ink hasn't dried
It must be nice, it must be nice
To have Washington on your side—
Somebody has to stand up for the South!
Somebody has to stand up to his mouth!
If there's a fire you're trying to douse
You can't put it out from inside the house
I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in
Watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it
If Washington isn't gon' listen
To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:
This kid is out

In New York you can be a new man

How do you write like you're running out of time?
Write day and night like you're running out of time?
Ev'ry day you fight like you're running out of time
Like you're running out of time
Are you running out of time?

Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
When I was young and dreamed of glory
You have no control
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
I know that we can win
I know that greatness lies in you
But remember from here on in
History has its eyes on you (Whoa…)

And I am not throwing away my shot
I am not throwing away my shot
Hey yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy and hungry
And I'm not throwing away my shot
We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)
We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)
We're gonna rise up, rise up! (It's time to take a shot!)
Rise up, rise up!
And I am not throwing away my
Not throwing away my shot

There's a million things I haven't done
But just you wait (Just wait)
What's your name, man?
Alexander (Hamilton)
Alexander (Hamilton)
Alexander (Hamilton)
Alexander





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Weird Al Yankovic The Hamilton Polka Comments
  1. R.... ....

    ...and Peggy.

    >loud fart

    Whelp.

  2. A.... ....

    Weird AL simply MUST make 1 more album before he hangs up his hat...I mean accordion.

  3. U.... M....

    At 2x speed it's chaotic.

  4. D.... H....

    Top ten anime OST covers

  5. K.... M....

    The only time I've ever heard Al curse

  6. T.... a....

    SO FUNNY!

  7. C.... C....

    Why didn’t anyone think of this sooner?!

  8. E.... T....

    this is the best song ever created, sang by the best person in the world!!!

  9. S.... S....

    The best music I’ve ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. A.... D....

    #Priceless

  11. T.... H....

    This amazing omg

  12. t.... _....

    I don't know if this cursed for just existing, or crying at the beauty of this.




    Why not both? @u@

  13. r.... n....

    Weird al. Hhcvb(hvuhddncuhebfcuguhenfuvhefnyvgr


    Me. K

  14. T.... E....

    Never watched Hamilton. Heard that it's good, I'll just stick to the song..

  15. M.... N....

    Change the playback speed to 2x and listen to the greatness

  16. S.... ....

    it's weird hearing al swear

  17. R.... A....

    When you put your Hamilton playlist on shuffle

  18. O.... C....

    this never fails to send me into fits laughing. it’s so jarring even when you know exactly what it sounds like

  19. o.... ....

    Rise for your cheese head leader! We must be nice, we must be nice to be on Weird Al's side. Somebody must stand up to the cartoon dissidence, or embrace the story, I know that we can win but remember from here on in Cheese head hats for everyone!

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

    *"Ee-liza"*

  21. D.... M....

    I love Polka'!

  22. T.... O....

    This is great.

  23. G.... P....

    so what I'm hearing here is that [B E A T I T] gets Hamilton rips?

    G.... P....

    Yes, i believe it falls under songs al has parodied, vote weird al

  24. I.... a....

    Yeah, this is an improvement

  25. W.... 1....

    I love Weird Al
    I think that’s all I have to say❤️⭐️
    The transitions are amazing

  26. c.... g....

    Omg this is the best thing I ever heard, I love this so much!!! 💕❤️ AGAAAAHHHHHHH

  27. R.... g....

    I hate this version so much...

    R.... g....

    How could you?

  28. T.... B....

    Everyone: what’s your favorite Hamilton song?
    Me: Weird Al singing You’ll be Back

  29. S.... N....

    What the hell

  30. D.... G....

    I'm just imagining Weird Al is just playing the Accordian infront of Hamilton and is doing a little dance while playing Accordian.

  31. C.... ....

    Why did I find this just now?

  32. t.... k....

    I’m scared

  33. D.... B....

    This is better than the entire Hamilton soundtrack.

  34. F.... ....

    WHY DIDNT HE SAY SOUTHERN MOTHER FUCKING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS

    F.... ....

    FapperzTV 😂 literally one of my favorite lines

    F.... ....

    FapperzTV al doesnt use profanity in his songs

  35. �.... �....

    THIS is gold GOD

  36. C.... V....

    What is this and how I have never heard of it?

  37. T.... B....

    am i the only one sitting here like can they put this on milo murphy’s law bc that is everything to me

  38. I.... V....

    I love Hamilton

  39. F.... T....

    im sorry to bring up mlp, but this sounds like cheese sandwich from mlp.

  40. I.... L....

    Wait For It sounds like it came from VeggieTales.....

  41. P.... T....

    I was gonna comment about how fast hes singing but then I remembered hardware store

  42. t.... ....

    That accordion is to the music what everyone else’s turn signals are to my car’s turn signal.

  43. T.... ....

    The fact that wait for it still carries feeling in this says something. The fact that I'm focusing on that also says something.








    It says that maybe I love wait for it a little too much

  44. z.... ....

    I need a whole album

  45. n.... a....

    THIS IS GOLD.

  46. M.... N....

    And Peggy... _farts_

  47. S.... ....

    I've never been so offended yet overjoyed at the same time about anything...

  48. I.... a....

    This is AMAZING!!
    Anyone singing and dancing to this?
    I am!

  49. K.... H....

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I LOVE THISSSSSSSS

  50. R.... D....

    I loveeeee thissss ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕💓💓💖💖💓💕💕

  51. P.... ....

    Weird Al becomes a history teacher

  52. l.... ....

    THIS *SLAPS* SO HARD

  53. N.... ....

    Well it seems there is a God afterall

  54. y.... ....

    The fact that he put a fart sound after peggy is perfection 😂

  55. A.... O....

    Why does the room were it happens sound like Elvis Presley himself was reprised (😏) and was used to sing this

  56. F.... B....

    *chills*

  57. F.... ....

    100k likes! 🎉🎉🎊🎊

  58. R.... G....

    I want him to play King George

  59. 3.... P....

    Hamilton + Al apparently = absolutely fire bars

  60. M.... W....

    I was kinda hoping for “SOUTHERN MOTHERFUCKING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS”

  61. S.... 1....

    I'm scared to see Lin Manuel Miranda's reaction xD

    S.... 1....

    I saw Lin on the Tonight Show and he was so happy he said he cried all the way through.
    https://youtu.be/PUaB4o8xMvg

  62. S.... M....

    I thought this was fan-made and started laughing the minute i heard it, but then I recognised Weird Al's voice at it made me do a double take and I laughed even harder (I've listened to Weird Al since I was seven, so this is a real treat! Thank you!)

  63. h.... i....

    I just imagined Milo Murphy singing

  64. X.... J....

    Poor Peggy ;-;

  65. O.... M....

    I love this like-

  66. J.... r....

    I would love to see weird al as Lafayette/Jefferson.

  67. J.... U....

    YES!! yes! this is it! this is the *pinnacle* of music, there's no use trying anymore THIS IS IT!

  68. J.... C....

    WHY HAS YOUTUBE JUST NOW RECOMMEND ME THIS !? YouTube your slipping.

  69. f.... ....

    This is what got me into Hamilton.

  70. C.... H....

    He saw that Peggy blew raspberry!

  71. C.... H....

    I litterly just was listening to Weird Al Yankovic.

  72. H.... T....

    We should invent time travel so that Alexander Hamilton became president

    H.... T....

    That would've changed the entire course of human history, especially since anime wouldn't exist

    H.... T....

    I mean, no. If this is a r/woooosh, screw you

  73. J.... 2....

    Spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished, in squalor
    Grow up to be a hero and a scholar?
    The ten-dollar Founding Father without a father
    Got a lot farther by working a lot harder
    By being a lot smarter
    By being a self-starter
    By fourteen, they placed him in charge of the trading charter
    Alexander Hamilton
    My name is Alexander Hamilton
    And there's a million things I haven't done
    But just you wait, just you wait


    Wait for it
    Wait for it
    Wait for it
    Wait for it
    I am the one thing in life I can control
    Wait for it
    Wait for it
    Wait for it
    Wait for it
    I am inimitable
    I am an original
    And if there's a reason I'm still alive
    When so many have died
    Then I'm willin' to—

    I'm willing to
    Work, work!
    Angelica!
    Work, work!
    Eliza!
    And Peggy—
    Look around, at how lucky we are to be alive right now!
    History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be
    In the greatest city
    In the greatest city in the world!

    The world turned upside down
    The world turned upside down
    The world turned upside down
    The world turned upside down

    Yeah you'll blow us all away

    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 da ya da!

    No one else was in
    The room where it happened
    The room where it happened
    The room where it happened
    No one else was in
    The room where it happened
    The room where it happened
    The room where it happened
    No one really knows how the game is played
    The art of the trade
    How the sausage gets made
    We just assume that it happens
    But no one else is in the room where it happens

    We are outgunned (What?)
    Outmanned (What?)
    Outnumbered
    Outplanned
    We gotta make an all out stand
    Ayo, I'm gonna need a right-hand man

    Hamilton!
    Sir, he knows what to do in a trench
    Ingenuitive and fluent in French, I mean—
    Hamilton!
    Sir, you're gonna have to use him eventually
    What's he gonna do on the bench? I mean—
    Hamilton!
    No one has more resilience
    Or matches my practical tactical brilliance—
    Hamilton!
    You wanna fight for your land back?
    Hamilton!
    I need my right hand man back!
    Uh, get ya right hand man back
    You know you gotta get ya right hand man back
    I mean you gotta put some thought into the letter but the sooner the better
    To get your right hand man back!

    It must be nice, it must be nice
    To have Washington on your side
    It must be nice, it must be nice
    To have Washington on your side
    Look back at the Bill of Rights (Which I wrote)
    The ink hasn't dried
    It must be nice, it must be nice
    To have Washington on your side—
    Somebody has to stand up for the South!
    Somebody has to stand up to his mouth!
    If there's a fire you're trying to douse
    You can't put it out from inside the house
    I'm in the cabinet, I am complicit in
    Watching him grabbin' at power and kiss it
    If Washington isn't gon' listen
    To disciplined dissidents, this is the difference:
    This kid is out

    In New York you can be a new man

    How do you write like you're running out of time?
    Write day and night like you're running out of time?
    Ev'ry day you fight like you're running out of time
    Like you're running out of time
    Are you running out of time?

    Let me tell you what I wish I'd known
    When I was young and dreamed of glory
    You have no control
    Who lives, who dies, who tells your story
    I know that we can win
    I know that greatness lies in you
    But remember from here on in
    History has its eyes on you (Whoa...)

    And I am not throwing away my shot
    I am not throwing away my shot
    Hey yo, I'm just like my country
    I'm young, scrappy and hungry
    And I'm not throwing away my shot
    We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)
    We gonna rise up, time to take a shot (Not throwing away my shot)
    We're gonna rise up, rise up! (It's time to take a shot!)
    Rise up, rise up!
    And I am not throwing away my
    Not throwing away my shot

    There's a million things I haven't done
    But just you wait (Just wait)
    What's your name, man?
    Alexander (Hamilton)
    Alexander (Hamilton)
    Alexander (Hamilton)
    Alexander

  74. G.... R....

    These are the things that make me happy to be on this earth
    But how the effing hell does thing have 1.6k dislikes

  75. E.... B....

    no joke this shit SLAPS

  76. D.... S....

    Weird Al is truly a gift to us all.

  77. S.... ....

    me waiting for the word "hamilton" at the end
    5:00: 5:00

  78. C.... 1....

    This is great this took me too long to find

  79. K.... B....

    I didn’t know Kermit knew Hamilton

  80. N.... ....

    We are outgunned
    WHAT
    Outmanned
    WHAT
    Outnumbered, outplanned
    *_dum da dum dum_*

  81. R.... ....

    i Love this but i Hate it

  82. m.... m....

    Idk why but I always come back to this video even if Hamilton isn't my favorite musical anymore

  83. t.... ....

    my dream is for Weird Al and Randy Rainbow to collaborate (both having done Hamilton music)

  84. M.... M....

    Best HAMILTON POLKA EVER!!!
    Weird Al is a genius on doing this funny song!!! :)

  85. B.... g....

    My friend loves Hamilton and I love weird al yankovic so this is something we can boith enjoy

  86. I.... Y....

    _b o p p i n_

  87. D.... S....

    This should be in Captain Underpants. It's so funny! I loved it!!!

  88. P.... &....

    I came back due to my friend Alyssa. Loved this masterpiece!

  89. T.... G....

    This sounds like STORY BOTS AND ITS TRIPPING ME OUT

  90. d.... l....

    im so confused

  91. S.... ....

    room where it happens sounds like goofy

  92. A.... P....

    x2 $peed XD

  93. C.... P....

    I’m willing to... Work

  94. C.... M....

    I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than when I saw Hamilton live

  95. H.... S....

    I thought it was "Son of a war" But its Son of a Wh-o**

  96. M.... M....

    Better than the original. As always Mr. Yankowic.