Dear Theodosia

The song "Dear Theodosia" is about Burr singing to his newborn daughter, and Hamilton singing to his newborn son. The song starts off with Burr talking about how much he loves his daughter and how heartbroken he was when he saw that she was unhappy. It then goes into Hamilton talking about how he cannot even describe how amazing his son is and how happy he makes him. Both Burr and Hamilton then sing about how they didn't have a father around when they grew up, but they each will be around for their child. This brings up an interesting point of how similar Burr and Hamilton actually are. I think that Miranda was trying to use this song as a source of how the two are actually a lot more alike than you would think. He makes it a point to show that neither of the two men's father were around when they were growing up. Besides this and their newborn children, they are also both very involved in the war with the British, and in government in general. Another thing that both Burr and Hamilton say in the song is that they want to make America the best country that they can because their children will have to live there for much longer than them, and they want them to be safe. The song ends with the two men saying how they know that their child will make them extremely proud.