1600 Pennsylvania Avenue - Take Care of This House Lyrics

1976 Broadway
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue the Musical - Take Care of This House Lyrics

The song was written by Leonard Bernstein and Alan Jay Lerner.

JOHN ADAMS:
What George hath wrought by the Potomac River
Doth beggar all description
Except if you’re Egyptian.
That man has caused, by the Potomac River,
An elephant to rise.

ABIGAIL ADAMS: (speaking)
The house is beautifully situated!
From a window at the end of the hall,
I can see the river glistening like a tiara over the trees.
It’s quite romantic.

(singing)
Here in this shell of a house
This house that is struggling to be,
Hope must have been
The first to move in...
And waited to welcome me.
But hope isn’t easy to see.

(speaking)
Lud, you will stay here after we leave?
And I want you to promise me something.

LUD: (speaking)
Yes, ma’am.

ABIGAIL: (singing)
Take care of this house.
Keep it from harm.
If bandits break in
Sound the alarm.
Care for this house.
Shine it by hand.
And keep it so clean
The glow can be seen
All over the land.
Be careful at night.
Check all the doors.
If someone makes off with a dream,
The dream will be yours.
Take care of this house,
Be always on call.
For this house is the hope of us all.

ADAMS:
Take care of this house.

LITTLE LUD:
Yes, Sir, I swear.

ABIGAIL:
If bandits break in...

LITTLE LUD:
I’ll be right there.

ADAMS:
Care for this house.

LITTLE LUD:
Shine it by hand.

ABIGAIL and LITTLE LUD:
And keep it so clean
The glow can be seen
All over the land.

ADAMS:
Be careful at night.

LITTLE LUD:
Check all the doors.

ABIGAIL:
If someone makes off with a dream
The dream will be yours.

ALL:
Take care of this house,
Be always on call...
Care for this house,
It’s the hope of us all.

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