He was a good ol’ boy

Whom a judge bought shoes for

So he could attend his mama’s funeral.

 

He found himself, later on in life

The chief of merchants at a shipyard station.

He saw a slave branded one day at the yard,

So he set out to hate slavery his whole entire life.

He went to college, like any decent gentleman might,

But soon found himself stirred by the continental army.

Well, Hamilton joined the ranks of Washington

And was made second only to him.

He even killed five Tories in one day

So legend had it.

 

At the Continental Congress

Hamilton wanted a strong government,

So he used his freedom of speech to unify the country.

He wanted a fair government.

And sure enough, he got one.

He tidied the War Debt,

And set America straight on her path.

 

Well, on Alexander’s last day of life

He was challenged to a duel.

It was the Vice President himself

Aaron Burr.

Alex, for honor’s sake, shot his bullet straight into the air

For he had honor, and was not a man of show.

Having set his nation’s path to longevity,

Aaron Burr couldn’t care; he, a man of great dishonor,

Shot Alexander in the head,

And after thirty hours, Alexander Hamilton was dead.