Farmer Refuted

"Farmer Refuted" is the sixth song of Act One and the sixth song of the musical Hamilton.

Samuel Seabury, a Loyalist who is very much against the Revolution, sings against it, reading Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress while the ever-sassy Alexander Hamilton fires back with his support of the change of power and his friends by his side - along with an already thoroughly exasperated Burr.

Lyrics[]

[SEABURY]
(spoken)
Hear ye! Hear ye! My name is Samuel Seabury
And I present "Free Thoughts on the
Proceedings of the Continental Congress!"
Heed not the rabble who scream revolution
They have not your interests at heart

[MULLIGAN]
Oh my god, tear this dude apart

[SEABURY]
Chaos and bloodshed are not a solution
Don't let them lead you astray
This Congress does not speak for me

[BURR]
Let him be

[SEABURY]
They're playing a dangerous game
I pray the king shows you his mercy
For shame...for shame...

[HAMILTON]
Yeah
He'd have you all unravel at the
Sound of screams, but the revolution is comin'
The have-nots are gonna win this
It's hard to listen to you with a straight face

Chaos and bloodshed
Already haunt us, honestly
You shouldn't even talk.
And what about Boston?
Look at the cost and all that
we've lost and you talk about Congress?

[SEABURY]

Heed not the rabble
who scream revolution
They have not your interests
at heart

Chaos and bloodshed
are not
A solution.
Don't let them lead you
astray...

[SEABURY]
This Congress does not speak for me

[HAMILTON]
My dog speaks more eloquently than thee

[SEABURY]
They're playing a dangerous game

[HAMILTON]
But strangely your mange is the same!

[SEABURY]
I pray the king shows you his mercy

[HAMILTON]
Is he in Jersey?

[SEABURY]
For shame!

[HAMILTON]
For the revolution!

[SEABURY]
For shame!

[COMPANY]
For the revolution!

[SEABURY]
Heed—

[HAMILTON]
If you repeat yourself again I'm gonna—

[SEABURY & HAMILTON]
Scream—

[HAMILTON]
Honestly, look at me, please don't read!

[SEABURY]
Not your interests—

[HAMILTON]
Don't modulate the key then
Not debate with me!
Why should a tiny island across the sea
Regulate the price of tea?

[BURR]
Alexander, please

[HAMILTON]
Burr, I'd rather be divisive
Than indecisive
Drop the niceties!

[ENSEMBLE]
Silence! A message from the King
A message from the King

[FULL COMPANY]
A message from the King!

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Samuel Seabury wrote under the pen name A. W. Farmer, and Alexander Hamilton countered Samuel's arguments by publishing The Farmer Refuted.
According to Lin-Manuel Miranda, the pun nature of this song in lyrics such as:

"Already haunt us, honestly
You shouldn't even talk"

— Alexander Hamilton

Originates in Joell Ortiz's Big Pun tribute. Find the original tribute video here. It is very hard to catch this is theater.

Songs in Hamilton (Broadway Production)

Act One