"Tomorrow There'll Be More of Us" is a song played in-between "Dear Theodosia" and "Non-Stop". It is not included in the cast album, and before the release of the Hamilton film the only professional recording that existed was from the Soundboard Recording.
Alexander Hamilton receives a letter from John Laurens' father (Henry Laurens, Sr.) explaining Laurens' death in a gunfight with British soldiers in South Carolina before they were aware of the war being over.
Lyrics[]
[LAURENS]
I may not live to see our glory.
[ELIZA]
(spoken throughout)
Alexander? There's a letter for you.
[HAMILTON]
(spoken throughout)
It's from John Laurens. I'll read it later.
[LAURENS]
But I will gladly join the fight.
[ELIZA]
No, it's from his father.
[HAMILTON]
His father?
[LAURENS]
And when our children tell our story.
[HAMILTON]
Will you read it?
[LAURENS]
They'll tell the story of tonight.
[ELIZA]
"On Tuesday the 27th, my son was killed in a gunfight against British troops retreating from South Carolina. The war was already over. As you know, John dreamed of emancipating and recruiting 3,000 men for the first all-black military regiment. His dream of freedom for these men dies with him."
[LAURENS]
Tomorrow there'll be more of us...
[ELIZA]
Alexander, are you alright?
[HAMILTON]
I have so much work to do.
Alternate versions[]
- In the version on the Soundboard Recording, the letter Eliza reads is different:
- "On Tuesday, the twenty-seventh, Lieutenant Colonel John Laurens was killed in a gunfight against British troops in South Carolina. These troops had not yet received word from Yorktown that the war was over. He's buried here until his family can send for his remains. As you may know, Lieutenant Colonel Laurens was engaged in recruiting three thousand men for the first all-black military regiment. The surviving members of this regiment have been returned to their masters."
Trivia[]
- Lin-Manuel Miranda wanted this to be a surprise song in the musical, which is perceived to be the reason why it was not placed on the cast recording.
- In the live version, while Eliza and Hamilton receive word of John's death, Marquis de Lafayette and Hercules Mulligan are on the balcony, also reading letters. Lafayette falls to his knees putting his hands in his face, and Mulligan chugs his flask.
- The song is also known as "Laurens Interlude".
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