1776 - The Egg Lyrics

1969 Broadway
1776 the Musical - The Egg Lyrics


ADAMS:
It's a masterpiece, I say!
They will cheer every word, every letter

JEFFERSON:
I wish I felt that way

FRANKLIN:
I believe I can put it better
Now then attend, as friend to friend
On our declaration committee
For us I see - immortality

ALL:
In Philadelphia city

FRANKLIN:
A farmer, a lawyer, and a sage
A bit gouty in the leg
You know it's quite bizarre
To think that here we are
Playing midwives to an egg

ALL:
We're waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp
Of an eaglet being born
We're waiting for the chirp, chirp, chirp
On this humid Monday morning in this
Congressional incubator

FRANKLIN:
God knows the temperature's hot enough
To hatch a stone, let alone an egg

ALL:
We're waiting for the scratch, scratch, scratch
Of that tiny little fellow
Waiting for the egg to hatch
On this humid Monday morning in this
Congressional incubator

ADAMS:
God knows the temperature's hot enough
To hatch a stone

JEFFERSON:
But will it hatch an egg?

ADAMS:
The eagle's going to crack the shell
Of the egg that England laid

ALL:
Yes, so we can tell, tell, tell
On this humid Monday morning in this
Congressional incubator

FRANKLIN:
And as just as Tom here has written
Though the shell may belong to Great Britain,
The eagle inside belongs to us!

ALL:
And as just as Tom here has written
We say to hell with Great Britain!
The eagle inside belongs to us!


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1969 Broadway
1776 the Musical Lyrics


SYNOPSIS
Sit Down, John
Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve
Till Then
The Lees of Old Virginia
But, Mr. Adams
Yours, Yours, Yours
He Plays the Violin
Cool, Cool, Considerate Men
Momma Look Sharp
The Egg
Molasses to Rum
Compliments
Is Anybody There?